Skill webs and international human resource management: Lessons from a study of the global skill strategies of transnational companies

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 836-850

  Ashton, David ^a   Brown, Phillip ^a   Lauder, Hugh ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77951992112     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585191003729325     Document Type: Article

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