Global HRM integration: A knowledge transfer perspective

Personnel Review

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-164

  Smale, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

Author keywords

Human resource management; Knowledge transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849090596     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480810850515     Document Type: Article

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