The relationship between hrm practices and organizational commitment of knowledge workers. Facts obtained from swiss smes

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 185-205

  Giauque, David ^a   Resenterra, Fabien ^a   Siggen, Michaël ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Commitment; HRM principles and practices; Knowledge workers; Retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978628412     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13678861003703716     Document Type: Article

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