International HRM: National business systems, organizational politics and the international division of labour in MNCs

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-21

  Edwards, Tony ^a   Kuruvilla, Sarosh ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Institutions; Multinationals; Organizational politics; Value chains

Indexed keywords

EID: 12944257113     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0958519042000295920     Document Type: Article

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