Control over employment practice in multinationals: Subsidiary functions, corporate structures, and national systems

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 670-695

  Edwards, Tony ^a   Tregaskis, Olga ^b   Collings, David ^c   Jalette, Patrice ^d   Susaeta, Lourdes ^e  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

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EID: 84880207257     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979391306600305     Document Type: Review

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