Does national culture really matter? Predicting HRM preferences of Taiwanese employees

Employee Relations

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 26-56

  Sparrow, Paul ^a   wu, Pei Chuan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84986065123     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425459810369823     Document Type: Article

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