The influence of international human capital on global initiatives and financial performance

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 379-398

  Ling, Ya Hui ^a   Jaw, Bih Shiaw ^b  

^a I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Financial performance; Global initiatives; International human capital; Structural equation modelling; The systems perspective

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645788573     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190500521227     Document Type: Article

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