Big data in an HR context: Exploring organizational change readiness, employee attitudes and behaviors

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 70, Issue , 2017, Pages 366-378

  Shah, Naimatullah ^a   Irani, Zahir ^b   Sharif, Amir M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SINDH   (Pakistan)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Big data; Employee readiness; Extrinsic and intrinsic satisfaction; HR predictive analytics; Job satisfaction; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994504360     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2016.08.010     Document Type: Article

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