Converging human resource management: A comparative analysis of Hungary and Turkey

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1490-1511

  Aydinli, Fulya ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Banking sector; Convergence versus divergence; Cross national comparisons; Human resource management (HRM); Hungary; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954407595     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2010.488453     Document Type: Article

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