Pushed or pulled? transfer of reward management policies in MNCs

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 21, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2631-2658

  Sayim, Kadire Zeynep ^a  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Multinationals; Policy transfer; Pull and dominance effects; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649461127     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2010.523580     Document Type: Article

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