Management of human resources in foreign firms operating in India: the role of HR in country-specific headquarters

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2514-2531

  Budhwar, Pawan ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

country specific headquarters; global integration versus local responsiveness; IHRM; India; learning; MNCs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860156203     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2012.668404     Document Type: Article

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