Employee commitment in MNCs: Impacts of organizational culture, HRM and top management orientations

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 501-527

  Taylor, Sully ^a   Levy, Orly ^b   Boyacigiller, Nakiye ^c   Beechler, Schon ^d  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Culture Crossing Consulting   (Israel)

^c SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Duke Corporate Education   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee commitment; Global mindset; High performance work practices; International management; Organizational culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 43149120455     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190801953491     Document Type: Article

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