Variances in staff-related management practices at eight European country subsidiaries of a global firm

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-59

  Liberman, Leonardo ^a   Torbiörn, Ingemar ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cross cultural management; Culture; Human resources; Management practices; Multinational; Subsidiaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007034728     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095851900339981     Document Type: Article

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