A comparison of the performance appraisal practices of US multinational subsidiaries with parent company and local Taiwanese practices

Management Research News

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 286-296

  Sauers, Daniel A ^a   Lin, Steven C H ^b   Kennedy, Jeff ^c   Schrenkler, Jana ^a  

^a WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Human resource management; Multinational companies; Performance appraisal; Subsidiaries; Taiwan; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349332923     PISSN: 01409174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409170910943138     Document Type: Article

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