Organizational attractiveness of foreign firms in Asia: Soft power matters

Asian Business and Management

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 281-297

  Froese, Fabian J ^a   Kishi, Yasuyuki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

applicant attraction; Asia; Image theory; Japan; recruitment; soft power

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879398789     PISSN: 14724782     EISSN: 14769328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/abm.2013.3     Document Type: Article

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