The emergence of the pluralism construct and the inpatriation process

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 333-356

  Novicevic, Milorad M ^a   Harvey, Michael G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Inpatriation; Orientation; Pluralistic; SGHRM

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346942376     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190122903     Document Type: Article

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