Why a multinational company introduces a competency-based leadership model: A two-theory approach

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 606-632

  Muratbekova Touron, Maral ^a  

^a Institut Superieur de Gestion ISG International Business School   (France)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Competency based leadership model; International human resource management; Multinational company; Neoinstitutional theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651014888     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190802707383     Document Type: Article

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