Reframing human resource management in Africa: A cross-cultural perspective

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 998-1018

  Jackson, Terence ^a  

^a ESCP EUROPE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross cultural management; Humanism; Instrumentalism; Locus of human value; Management in Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347367321     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190210131267     Document Type: Review

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