The role of the personnel/HR function in multinational companies

Employee Relations

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 536-557

  Kelly, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Directors; Executives; Groups; Personnel; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986106093     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000006267     Document Type: Article

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