Subsidiary Role and Skilled Labour Effects in Small Developed Countries

Management International Review

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-42

  Gammelgaard, Jens ^a   McDonald, Frank ^b   Tüselmann, Heinz ^c   Dörrenbächer, Christoph ^d   Stephan, Andreas ^e  

^a Department of Innovation and Organizational Economics   (Denmark)

^b BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Employment; Intra organisational relationships; Skilled labour; Small developed countries; Subsidiary roles

Indexed keywords

EID: 71049134522     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-008-0123-8     Document Type: Article

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