The co-ordination of strategic initiatives within global organizations: The role of global teams

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 660-676

  Harvey, Michael ^b   Novicevic, Milorad M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Co ordination of strategic initiatives; Global organizations; Global teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347367180     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190210125840     Document Type: Article

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