Multinational corporation management strategies and international human resources practices: Bringing IHRM to the bottom line

The International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 494-507

  Caligiuri, Paula M ^a   Stroh, Linda K ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

economic success; Global management strategies; international human resource practices; recruiting; selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84972892998     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585199500000032     Document Type: Article

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