Aligning Human Capital with Organizational Needs

The Oxford Handbook of Human Capital

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Lepak, David P ^a   Takeuchi, Riki ^b   Swart, Juani ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c Work and Employment Research Centre (WERC)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career prospects; Human capital; Human resource architecture; Job productivity relationships; Organizational needs

Indexed keywords

EID: 85066589445     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199532162.003.0014     Document Type: Chapter

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