Host country specific factors and the transfer of human resource management practices in multinational companies

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 518-534

  Myloni, Barbara ^a   Harzing, Anne Wil K ^b   Mirza, Hafiz ^c  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Greece; Human resource management; Multinational companies; National cultures

Indexed keywords

EID: 8844234260     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720410560424     Document Type: Article

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