Country-of-origin, localization, or dominance effect? An empirical investigation of HRM practices in foreign subsidiaries

Human Resource Management

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 535-559

  Pudelko, Markus ^a   Harzing, Anne Wil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 38049096105     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20181     Document Type: Article

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