Customization decisions regarding performance management systems of multinational companies: An empirical view of eastern european firms

International Journal of Cross Cultural Management

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 237-258

  Claus, Lisbeth ^a   Hand, Michael L ^a  

^a WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Global performance management systems; International HRM; Multinational companies; Performance management; Standardization and localization

Indexed keywords

EID: 68849118938     PISSN: 14705958     EISSN: 17412838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470595809335726     Document Type: Article

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