Antecedents of organizational identification in multinational corporations: Fostering psychological attachment to the local subsidiary and the global organization

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1269-1291

  Reade, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

India; International human resource management; Multinational corporation; Organizational identification; Pakistan; Social identity theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141639054     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190110083794     Document Type: Article

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