The interplay between cultural and institutional/structural contingencies in human resource management practices

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1083-1119

  Aycan, Zeynep ^a  

^a KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Culture; HRM practices; Institutional structural contingencies

Indexed keywords

EID: 24644518942     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190500143956     Document Type: Review

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