Fuzzy MCDM approach for evaluation of expatriate assignments

International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 277-296

  Chen, Mei Fang ^a   Tzeng, Gwo Hshiung ^b,c   Tang, Tzung I ^b  

^a TATUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAINAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Expatriate assignments; FMCDM; Fuzzy AHP; Fuzzy set theory; Human resources management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746253019     PISSN: 02196220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219622005001520     Document Type: Article

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