Influences on HRM practices in MNCs: A qualitative study in the Australian context

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 535-546

  McGraw, Peter ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Centralized control; Human resource management; Multinational companies

Indexed keywords

EID: 8844253216     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720410560433     Document Type: Article

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