Organisational knowledge transfer through human resource management: International diffusion of managerial performance management

European Journal of International Management

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 170-191

  Martin Rios, Carlos ^a   Erhardt, Niclas L ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

appraisal; control; IHRM; managerial; organisational knowledge transfer; performance management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969451537     PISSN: 17516757     EISSN: 17516765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2008.01776     Document Type: Article

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