Strategic Issues and Local Constraints in Transnational Compensation Strategies:. An Analysis of Cultural, Institutional and Political Influences

European Management Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 118-131

  Festing, Marion ^a   Eidems, Judith ^a   Royer, Susanne ^b  

^a ESMT European School of Management and Technology   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case Study; Compensation; Culture; IHRM; Institutions; Resource Dependence; Transnational Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047253798     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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