Strategic staffing of international joint ventures (IJVs): an integrative perspective for future research

Management Decision

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 394-406

  Petrovic, Jelena ^a   Kakabadse, Nada K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control; Expatriates; International business; Joint ventures; Workforce

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986131928     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740310472022     Document Type: Article

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