Power, institutions and the crossnational transfer of employment practices in multinationals

Human Relations

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 163-187

  Ferner, Anthony ^a   Edwards, Tony ^b   Tempel, Anne ^c  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

comparative and cross cultural HRM; conflict; international HRM; multinationals; organizational theory; strategic and international management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856588711     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726711429494     Document Type: Article

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