Compensation strategy in transnational corporations

Management Decision

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 465-476

  Phillips, Larry ^a   Fox, Mark A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensation; Expatriates; Globalization; Transnationals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986159918     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740310479313     Document Type: Article

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