Context-bound configurations of corporate HR functions in multinational corporations

Human Resource Management

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-66

  Farndale, Elaine ^a   Paauwe, Jaap ^a   Morris, Shad S ^b   Stahl, Günter K ^c   Stiles, Philip ^d   Trevor, Jonathan ^d   Wright, Patrick M ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c The Ohio State University ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human resource function; Interdependency; International human resource management; Multinational corporations; Organization context

Indexed keywords

EID: 76749149290     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20333     Document Type: Article

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