The global "war for talent"

Journal of International Management

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 273-285

  Beechler, Schon ^a,b   Woodward, Ian C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Duke Corporate Education   (United States)

^c INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

Global; Human resource management; War for talent

Indexed keywords

EID: 68049137615     PISSN: 10754253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intman.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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