The knowledge transfer and learning aspects of international HRM: An empirical study of Singapore MNCs

International Business Review

Volumn 8, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 591-609

  Tsang, Eric W K ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Fledgling multinational corporations; International human resource management; Internationalization; Knowledge transfer; Learning; Singapore

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043284384     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0969-5931(99)00021-9     Document Type: Article

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