Institutional environments, staffing strategies, and subsidiary performance

Journal of Management

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 611-636

  Gaur, Ajai S ^a   Delios, Andrew ^b   Singh, Kulwant ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Expatriates; Normative distance; Regulative distance; Subsidiary performance; Subsidiary staffing

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447644268     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206307302551     Document Type: Article

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