Towards a cross-cultural framework of strategic international human resource control: The case of Taiwanese high-tech subsidiaries in the USA

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1253-1277

  Wang, Christina Yu Ping ^a   Jaw, Bih Shiaw ^b   Huang, Chuan Yuan ^b  

^a NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cultural adaptation; Cultural integration; International human resource control; Subsidiary's role

Indexed keywords

EID: 48249149129     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190802110067     Document Type: Article

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