National culture and human resource management: Assumptions and evidence

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 971-986

  Gerhart, Barry ^a   Fang, Meiyu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Human resource management; National culture; Strategic choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 22744434392     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190500120772     Document Type: Article

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