Insider ownership, human resource strategies and performance in a transition economy

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 530-549

  Buck, T ^a   Filatotchev, I ^b   Demina, N ^c   Wright, M ^c  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HRM strategies; Performance; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346963349     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400065     Document Type: Article

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