Opinion Paper

Human resources risk management: Governing people risks for improved performance

Marius Meyer, Gert Roodt, Michael Robbins
SA Journal of Human Resource Management | Vol 9, No 1 | a366 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajhrm.v9i1.366 | © 2011 Marius Meyer, Gert Roodt, Michael Robbins | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 15 February 2011 | Published: 05 October 2011

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Marius Meyer, Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Gert Roodt, Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Michael Robbins, Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management, University of Johannesburg, South Africa

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