Transferring Western HRM practices to developing countries: The case of a privatized utility in Jordan

Personnel Review

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 104-123

  Baddar AlHusan, Faten Z ^a   Brennan, Ross ^a   James, Phil ^b  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic development; Employee attitudes; Human resource management; Jordan

Indexed keywords

EID: 58849138392     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480910931299     Document Type: Article

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