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Peer reviewedLam, Long W.; White, Louis P. – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 1998
A study of 14 manufacturing firms found significantly better financial performance among those that strongly emphasized recruitment, compensation, and training and development (a human resource orientation). Human resource development that helped sustain competence combined with that orientation to form a valuable competitive advantage. (SK)
Descriptors: Competition, Corporations, Employment Practices, Human Resources
