Who's in charge? An empirical study of executive staffing practices in foreign subsidiaries

Human Resource Management

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 139-158

  Harzing, Anne Wil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 0041034158     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.1004     Document Type: Article

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