Strategic international human resource management in multinational enterprises: Developments and directions

Handbook Of Research In International Human Resource Management

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 15-35

  De Cieri, Helen ^a   Dowling, Peter J ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

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EID: 84890971023     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781845428235.00007     Document Type: Chapter

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