Control and co-ordination of Japanese subsidiaries in China: Problems of an expatriate-based management system

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 901-919

  Legewie, Jochen ^a  

^a MITSUBISHI MOTORS CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

China; Expatriate; Human resources; International management; Japan; Multinational firms; Subsidiary management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038471100     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190210134273     Document Type: Article

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