Coordinated vs. liberal market HRM: The impact of institutionalization on multinational firms

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2004-2023

  Farndale, Elaine ^a   Brewster, Chris ^b   Poutsma, Erik ^c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Context; Europe; Institutional theories; International human resource management; Multinational corporations

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749154798     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190802404247     Document Type: Article

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