When in Rome ... ?: Human resource management and the performance of foreign firms operating in India

Employee Relations

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 595-610

  Björkman, Ingmar ^a,b   Budhwar, Pawan ^c  

^a HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b INSEAD   (France)

^c ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human resource management; India; Multinational companies; Organizational performance; Standardization

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548934204     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450710826104     Document Type: Article

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