Talent management of western MNCs in China: Balancing global integration and local responsiveness

Journal of World Business

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 169-178

  Hartmann, Evi ^a   Feisel, Edda ^b   Schober, Holger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b EBS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

China; Talent Management; Talent pools

Indexed keywords

EID: 76749165661     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2009.09.013     Document Type: Article

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