Expatriate recruitment in South East Asia: Dilemma or opportunity?

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 352-359

  Barber, Neill ^a   Pittaway, Luke ^b  

^a Four Seasons Hotel   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Expatriates; Hotels; Human resource management; Multinationals; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986131142     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596110010343530     Document Type: Article

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