The one best way? 'Scientific' research on HRM and the threat to critical scholarship

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 399-407

  Harley, Bill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical scholarship; HRM scholarship; Pluralism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961692296     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 17488583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1748-8583.12082     Document Type: Article

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