The end of the 'iron rice-bowl': Whither Chinese human resource management?

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 217-236

  Ding, Daniel Z ^a   Goodall, Keith ^b   Warner, Malcolm ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINA EUROPE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Enterprise reforms; HRM; Industrial relations; Labour contracts; Management; Organizational inertia; PRC; Social insurance; Wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000085506     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095851900339837     Document Type: Article

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