The role of human resource management: An exploratory study of cross-country variance

Human Resource Management

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 103-122

  Bowen, David E ^a   Galang, Carmen ^b   Pillai, Rajnandini ^c  

^a Garvin School of International Management   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0141942576     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.10022     Document Type: Article

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