Expatriate staffing in foreign subsidiaries of Japanese multinational corporations in the PRC and the United States

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 278-293

  Delios, Andrew ^a   Björkman, Ingmar ^b,c  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b INSEAD   (France)

^c HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

China; Expatriates; Japan; Multinationals (MNCs); PRC; Selection; Staffing; Training; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345806568     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095851900339873     Document Type: Article

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