Human resource management in foreign-owned subsidiaries: China versus India

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 964-978

  Bjorkman, Ingmar ^a   Budhwar, Pawan ^b   Smale, Adam ^c   Sumelius, Jennie ^a  

^a HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

Author keywords

China; Global standardization; HR department; Human resource management (HRM); India; Local adaptation; Multinational corporations (MNCs); Strategic; Subsidiaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 46949104849     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190801994180     Document Type: Article

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