Strategic HRM in for-profit and non-profit organizations in a knowledge-intensive industry: The same issues predict performance for both types of organization

Public Management Review

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 311-331

  Rodwell, John J ^a   Teo, Stephen T T ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Human capital; Public and non profit sector; Strategic HRM

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007098456     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1471903042000256510     Document Type: Article

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