Talent on demand?: Talent management in the German and Irish subsidiaries of a US multinational corporation

Personnel Review

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 414-431

  Burbach, Ralf ^a   Royle, Tony ^b  

^a Ireland   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Germany; Ireland; Management development; Multinational companies; Skills; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953607321     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483481011045399     Document Type: Article

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