Managing human resources across cultures: A comparative analysis of practices in industrial enterprises in China and The Netherlands

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 391-410

  Verburg, Robert M ^a,b   Drenth, Pieter J D ^b   Koopman, Paul L ^b   Van Muijen, Jaap J ^b   Wang, Zhong Ming ^c  

^a Korn/Ferry International   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Human resource management; National culture; Organizational culture; PRC; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037794425     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095851999340396     Document Type: Review

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