National embeddedness and calculative human resource management in US subsidiaries in Europe and Australia

Human Relations

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1491-1513

  Gooderham, Paul ^a,b   Nordhaug, Odd ^a   Ringdal, Kristen ^c,d  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d European Social Survey   (Spain)

Author keywords

Comparative and cross cultural HRM; Human resources and industrial relations; Management; Performance appraisal and feedback; Strategic and international management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750994334     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726706072843     Document Type: Article

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