US managerial strategies and applications for retaining personnel in Mexico

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 54-94

  Tello, Marco Polo ^a   Greene, Walter E ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Mexico; Personnel; Retention; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030351999     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437729610154172     Document Type: Review

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