Co-ordination and control of human resource management in multinational firms: The case of CASHCO

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-42

  Martin, Graeme ^a   Beaumont, Phil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Control; Culture; MNEs; Politics; Resource dependence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346312314     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095851999340611     Document Type: Article

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