Motivating talents in thai and malaysian service firms

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-169

  Lehmann, Sanne ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Malaysia; Motivation; Organizational and managerial practices; Social; Talents; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053247206     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13678860902764084     Document Type: Article

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