Expatriate performance management from MNEs of different national origins

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 157-176

  Shih, Hsi An ^a   Chiang, Yun Hwa ^b   Kim, In Sook ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Expatriates; Multinational companies; Performance appraisal; Performance management

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444477162     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720510597658     Document Type: Article

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