Cultural perspectives on comparative HRM

Handbook of Research on Comparative Human Resource Management

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 51-68

  Reiche, B Sebastian ^a   Lee, Yih teen ^a   Quintanilla, Javier ^a  

^a IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

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EID: 84881914051     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9780857938718.00008     Document Type: Chapter

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