The diffusion of employment practices in multinationals: 'Americanness' within US MNCs in Spain?

Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 680-696

  Quintanilla, Javier ^a   Susaeta, Lourdes ^a   Sánchez Mangas, Rocío ^b  

^a IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Human resource management; Multinationals; National business systems; Spain; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 55949108198     PISSN: 00221856     EISSN: 14729296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022185608096804     Document Type: Article

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