Cultural distance, expatriate staffing and subsidiary performance: The case of US subsidiaries of multinational corporations

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 223-239

  Colakoglu, Saba ^a   Caligiuri, Paula ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural distance; Expatriates; Subsidiary performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 39749130265     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190701799804     Document Type: Article

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