Diffusion of human resource management systems in UK headquartered multinational enterprises: integrating institutional and strategic choice explanations

European Journal of International Management

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 329-349

  Fenton O’Creevy, Mark ^a   Wood, Stephen ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diffusion of management practice; HRM; human resource management systems; institutional theory; MNEs; multinational enterprises; strategic choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969446906     PISSN: 17516757     EISSN: 17516765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ejim.2007.015655     Document Type: Article

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