A comparative analysis of the link between flexibility and HRM strategy

Employee Relations

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 5-24

  Mayne, Lesley ^a   Tregaskis, Olga ^a   Brewster, Chris ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flexible working; Human resource management; Management; Part time work; Short term occupation; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986173250     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425459610116447     Document Type: Article

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