Determinants of variable pay for top managers of foreign subsidiaries in Finland

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 698-713

  Björkman, Ingmar ^a,b   Furu, Patrick ^a  

^a HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Institutionalization theory; Subsidiary roles in the MNC; Variable pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344824023     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190050075079     Document Type: Article

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