The effect of human resource management practices on Japanese MNC subsidiary performace: A partial mediating model

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1391-1406

  Park, Hyeon Jeong ^a   Mitsuhashi, Hitoshi ^b   Fey, Carl F ^c,d   Björkman, Ingmar ^e  

^a and History   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Russian Federation)

^e HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Firm performance; Human resource practices; Mediation

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 1242333264     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0958519032000145819     Document Type: Article

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