...-performance work practices – some of which include training – and organizational performance indicators such as sales or profits. In short, results have indicated that the more a firm uses progressive bundles of HR practices, the greater the financial results (Combs et al., 2006). Moreover, results...

...César Rodríguez‐Gutiérrez Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effect of the proportion of temporary workers on the profit‐to‐sales ratio (or price‐cost margin) of Spanish manufacturing firms in the 1990s. Design/methodology/approach The relation between the proportion...

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