Adopting a common corporate language: IHRM implications

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 377-390

  Marschan Piekkari, Rebecca ^a   Welch, Denice ^a   Welch, Lawrence ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Expatriates; Human resource management; International staff transfers; Language nodes; Language standardization; Multinational management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000491123     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095851999340387     Document Type: Article

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