Towards an Ethical Research Agenda for International HRM: The Possibilities of a Plural Cosmopolitan Framework

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-72

  Janssens, Maddy ^a   Steyaert, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cosmopolitanism; Ethics; International HRM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869497123     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-012-1478-0     Document Type: Article

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