Exploring the links between corporate social responsibility and global talent management: A comparative study of the UK and Korea

European Journal of International Management

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 501-523

  Kim, Chung Hee ^a   Scullion, Hugh ^b  

^a The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus   (Malaysia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; CSR; Global talent management; GTM; Human resource management strategy; Institutional differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052342718     PISSN: 17516757     EISSN: 17516765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2011.042176     Document Type: Article

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