Managing cross-cultural differences: Testing human resource models in Latin America

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1773-1781

  Bonache, Jaime ^a,b   Trullen, Jordi ^c   Sanchez, Juan I ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT RAMON LLULL   (Spain)

^c ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^d FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural differences; Human Resource Management (HRM); Latin America; Local adaptation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870294223     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2011.10.037     Document Type: Article

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