Redefining the field of European human resource management: A battle between national mindsets and forces of business transition?

Human Resource Management

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 201-219

  Sparrow, Paul R ^b   Hiltrop, Jean Marie ^a  

^a IMD   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

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EID: 0038873556     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-050X(199722)36:2<201::AID-HRM3>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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