The sub-national embeddedness of international HRM

Human Relations

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 531-551

  Almond, Phil ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

comparative and cross cultural HRM; economic geography; industrial relations; international HRM; labour markets; regions

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953710575     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726710396243     Document Type: Article

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