Strategic human resource management and resource-based approach: the evidence from the british manufacturing industry

Management Research News

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 50-68

  Karami, Azhdar ^a   Analoui, Farhad ^b   Cusworth, John ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CEOs strategy; Electronic industry; Resource based view; Strategic human resource management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993085459     PISSN: 01409174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409170410784202     Document Type: Article

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