A summary of the enormous impact of Marchington’s work on the evolution of human resource management
This paper examines how Mick Marchington helped reshape the ideologies around human resource management, integrating older forms of employee participation with newer patterns of employee involvement in his work, and offering a vision for the future study of HRM.
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