International Human Resource Management-MJ Version

SHRM Strategic Human Resource Management

SIRHM Strategic International Human Resource Management

SMEs Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises

SOEs State-owned Enterprises

TCN Third Country National

TQM Total Quality Management

UNICE Union of Industrial and Employers’ Confederations of Europe

VFTU Vietnam Federation of Trade Unions

WTO World Trade Organization

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