Commitment for hire? The viability of corporate culture as a MNC control mechanism

International Business Review

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 14-28

  Welch, Denice E ^a   Welch, Lawrence S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporate culture; MNC control mechanisms; Multinational management; Normative control

Indexed keywords

EID: 32644443833     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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