In Search of the Subject: Researching employee reactions to human resource management

Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 313-334

  Grant, David ^a   Shields, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 84992797337     PISSN: 00221856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1472-9296.00052     Document Type: Article

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