Strong situations and firm performance: A proposed re-conceptualization of the role of the HR function

The SAGE Handbook of Human Resource Management

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 100-114

  Haggerty, John J ^a   Wright, Patrick M ^a  

^a ILR Executive Education ^*

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DOI: 10.4135/9780857021496.n7     Document Type: Chapter

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