Ambidextrous work in smart city project alliances: unpacking the role of human resource management systems

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 680-701

  Ferraris, Alberto ^a,b   Erhardt, Niclas ^c   Bresciani, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b URAL FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ambidextrous organizations; exploitative work; explorative work; HRM systems; inter firm collaboration; smart city

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013108575     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2017.1291530     Document Type: Article

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