Internationalisation and the personnel function in german multinationals

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 79-96

  Ferner, Anthony ^a   Varul, Matthias Z ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

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EID: 12944297163     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 17488583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2000.tb00028.x     Document Type: Article

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