Managing human resources in the Latin American context: The case of Chile

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 23, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 3133-3150

  Perez Arrau, Gregorio ^a   Eades, Elaine ^b   Wilson, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chile; international human resources management; Latin America; national culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862303553     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2011.639547     Document Type: Article

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