Global challenges to replicating HR: The role of people, processes, and systems

Human Resource Management

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 973-995

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

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b and History   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^e TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f Tilburg University ^*

Author keywords

Alignment; Cultural distance; International human resource management; Knowledge management; Principles and templates; Replication

Indexed keywords

EID: 77149179751     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20325     Document Type: Article

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