Corporate strategy and the role of HRM: critical cases in oil and chemicals

Employee Relations

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 159-176

  Ritson, Neil ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical industry; Human resource management; Oil industry; Strategy; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986172467     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425459910266439     Document Type: Article

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