The role of inpatriation in global staffing

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 459-476

  Harvey, Michael ^a   Speier, Cheri ^b   Novicevic, Milorad M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Global human resource management; Inpatriation; Multi culturalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000820945     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095851999340422     Document Type: Article

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