Foreign remedies for local difficulties: The case of three Scottish manufacturing firms

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 842-857

  Tayeb, Monir ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross border transfer; HRM; Leadership style; Management practices; National culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005066701     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095851999340189     Document Type: Article

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