A typology of international human resource management strategies and processes

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 580-601

  Dickmann, Michael ^a   Müller Camen, Michael ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coordination; International human resource management; Multinational corporations; Processes; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748426039     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190600581337     Document Type: Article

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