The changing role of the corporate HR function in global organizations of the twenty-first century

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1251-1268

  Novicevic, Milorad M ^a   Harvey, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Global strategic human resource management; Inpatriation; Political aspects of SGHRM; Strategic perspective in corporate HR issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347122181     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190110083785     Document Type: Article

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