The cross-cultural transfer of management practices: The case of Japanese human resource management practices in Singapore

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 116-135

  Gill, Roger ^a   Wang, Alphonsus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b Singapore Technologies Corporation   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Consensual decision making; Cross cultural transfer of japanese human resource management practices to singapore; House unions; Lifetime employment; Quality circles; Seniority systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141936152     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095851998341224     Document Type: Article

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