The operational and signaling benefits of voluntary labor code adoption: Reconceptualizing the scope of human resource management in emerging economies

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 658-677

  Jayasinghe, Mevan ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84963743719     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2014.0478     Document Type: Article

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