What is really driving differences and similarities in HRM practices across national boundaries in Europe?

European Journal of International Management

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 362-381

  Farndale, Elaine ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative management; EU Social Charter; Europe; Human resource management; International management; Isomorphism; National culture; National institutions; Neoinstitutional theory; Variance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953427263     PISSN: 17516757     EISSN: 17516765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2010.033607     Document Type: Article

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