The challenge of international human resource management: Balancing the duality of strategy and practice

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 584-598

  De Cieri, Helen ^a   Fenwick, Marilyn ^a   Hutchings, Kate ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; International human resource management; Pedagogy

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444450053     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190500051688     Document Type: Article

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