Valuing Japan-based German expatriate and local manager's functions: Do subsidiary age and managerial perspectives matter?

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 778-806

  Bruning, Nealia S ^a   Bebenroth, Ralf ^b   Pascha, Werner ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Expatriate and local management; International human resourcemanagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952938188     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2011.555123     Document Type: Article

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