Corporate and environmental influences on personnel outcomes in organizational labor markets: A cross-national comparison of US and German branch offices of a multinational bank

Sociological Forum

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 31-53

  Tinsley, Vanessa V ^a   DiPrete, Thomas A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Multinational corporations; Organizational environments; Personnel outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039297979     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007605202153     Document Type: Article

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