The effect of international staffing practices on subsidiary staff retention in multinational corporations

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 523-536

  Reiche, B Sebastian ^a  

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Author keywords

Employee turnover; International assignments; Multinational corporations; Retention strategies; Subsidiary staff

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247609790     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190601178711     Document Type: Article

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