Keeping talents for advancing service firms in Asia

Journal of Service Management

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 482-502

  Zheng, Connie ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Human resource management; Multinational companies; Organizational performance; Service industries; South East Asia

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149195784     PISSN: 17575818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09564230910995107     Document Type: Article

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