Overt employment discrimination in MNC affiliates: Home-country cultural and institutional effects

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 772-794

  Wu, Cindy ^a   Lawler, John J ^b   Yi, Xiang ^c  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Employment discrimination; Gender; Institutional forces; MNC; National culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 46749086656     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400376     Document Type: Article

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