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Hervas-Oliver Jose-Luis
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Hervas-Oliver Jose-Luis , (2013) "The changing environment: implications for human resource management", International Journal of Manpower, Vol. 34 Iss: 8
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IJM-08-2013-0190
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Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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The changing environment: implications for human resource management
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Article Type: Guest Editor's introduction to the thematic issue From: International Journal of Manpower, Volume 34, Issue 8.
About the Guest Editor
Dr Jose-Luis Hervas-Oliver, PhD, Associate Professor at the Universidad Politecnica de Valencia (Spain) and the Florida State University, IP (USA). His research interests are located at the intersection of strategic management and innovation. He teaches strategic management and innovation topics at both postgraduate and undergraduate levels. Dr Hervas-Oliver has been a Visiting Scholar in the London School of Economics and Political Science at the MERIT-Maastricht University, and the Edinburgh University, among others.
1. Note by the Editor-in-Chief
Five of the articles in this Thematic Issue have been presented in the IJM track of the annual conference of the International Network of Business & Management Journals (INBAM), Valencia, March 2012. These are authored by: Gil-Marques and Moreno-Luzon; Enache, Sallan, Simo and Fernandez; Pasamar and Valle; Jaen and Liñan; and Korzynski. The remaining five articles - by Wang and Chen, Kroon and Freese, Mukkala and Tohmo, Rosholm, Roed and Schone, and Tsai and Shih - are regular submissions to the IJM.
My thanks to the Guest Editor, Dr Jose-Luis Hervas-Oliver for his sterling work in seeing this thematic issue through to publication.
Adrian Ziderman, Editor-in-Chief, IJM
2. Introduction
This issue considers an emerging new challenge for human resource management practices (HRMP, hereinafter): a changing environment.

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