The nature of international integration and human resource policies in multinational companies

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 483-498

  Edwards, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human resources; International integration; Multinationals

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RESOURCE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LABOR POLICY; LABOR RELATIONS; LABOR SUPPLY; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE;

EID: 79955754968     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/beq033     Document Type: Article

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