Best HR practice and the multinational company

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 53-70

  Belanger, Jaques ^a   Edwards, Paul ^b   Wright, Martyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85015822007     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 17488583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.1999.tb00203.x     Document Type: Article

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