Uncovering competitive and institutional drivers of HRM practices in multinational corporations

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 355-375

  Farndale, Elaine ^a   Paauwe, Jaap ^a,b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 35648968668     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 09545395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2007.00050.x     Document Type: Article

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