Size and HRM in the Spanish manufacturing industry

Employee Relations

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 188-207

  Bayo Moriones, José Alberto ^a   Merino Díaz de Cerio, Javier ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Companies; Employees; Human resource management; Manufacturing industry; Size; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986159938     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450110384705     Document Type: Article

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