Human resource issues and activities in international joint ventures

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-52

  Schuler, Randall S ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliances; Human resource activities; International joint ventures; Organizational learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007464893     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713769586     Document Type: Article

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