Global Organizational Control: A New Role by Inpatriates

Multinational Business Review

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1-28

  Kiessling, Timothy ^a   Harvey, Michael ^a  

^a BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Expatriates; Global control; Inpatriate; Organisational control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993069587     PISSN: 1525383X     EISSN: 20541686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/1525383X200600006     Document Type: Review

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