Cultural control and multinationals: The case of privatized Jordanian companies

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1284-1295

  Al Husan, Faten Baddar ^a   James, Philip ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Expatriates; Jordan; Multinational HRM; Privatization; Training and development

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; CULTURAL CHANGE; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; PRIVATIZATION; TRAINING;

JORDAN;

EID: 0344719025     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0958519032000114309     Document Type: Article

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