The role of national culture on Mexican staffing practices

Employee Relations

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 295-311

  Rao, Pramila ^a  

^a MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural management; Mexico; National cultures; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549091807     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450910946488     Document Type: Article

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