A critical examination of Hofstede's thesis and its application to international reward management

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1545-1563

  Chiang, Flora ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Culture; International human resources management; Reward

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744560916     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190500239044     Document Type: Article

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