Strategic HRM and devolving HR to the line: Cochlear during the shift to lean manufacturing

Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 144-162

  Gollan, Paul J ^a   Kalfa, Senia ^a   Xu, Ying ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Organisational change; Strategic HRM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925945078     PISSN: 10384111     EISSN: 17447941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1744-7941.12055     Document Type: Article

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