Global, national and local practices in multinational corporations: Towards a sociopolitical framework

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-69

  Geppert, Mike ^a   Williams, Karen ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Best practices; Charter change; National business systems; Social embeddedness; Sociopolitical issues of subsidiary management; Strategic choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644794021     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190500366243     Document Type: Article

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