HRM practices in Egypt: The influence of national context?

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 147-158

  Leat, Mike ^a   El Kot, Ghada ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Culture; Egypt; HRM practices; Institutional context; Islam

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847221790     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190601068557     Document Type: Article

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