Transferring HR ideas and practices: Globalization and convergence in Poland

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 333-351

  Hetrick, Susan ^a  

^a Frobisher Crescent Barbican Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convergence; Expatriate Managers; Globalization; Human Resource Management; Poland

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019520986     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13678860210143569     Document Type: Article

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