Multinationals, national business systems and HRM: The enduring influence of national identity or a process of 'AngloSaxonization'

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 710-731

  Ferner, Anthony ^a   Quintanilla, Javier ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Intel nationalization; Multinational companies; National business systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042878017     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095851998340973     Document Type: Article

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