Cultural orientations and preferences for HRM policies and practices: The case of Oman

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-32

  Aycan, Zeynep ^a   Al Hamadi, Abdul Basit ^a   Davis, Ann ^a   Budhwar, Pawan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cultural orientations; HRM practices; Oman; Within culture variance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847272060     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190601068243     Document Type: Article

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