The art of selling corporate culture: Management and human resources in Australian construction companies operating in Malaysia

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 349-365

  McGrath Champ, Susan ^a   Carter, Sturt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Construction industry; Corporate culture; Human resource utilization; Malaysia; Multinationals

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035630377     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000005572     Document Type: Article

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