Examining the overseas staffing options utilized by Australian headquartered multinational corporations

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1095-1114

  Tharenou, Phyllis ^a   Harvey, Michael ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Competency based staffing Australian MNCs; International management; International staffing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748358556     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190600697372     Document Type: Article

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