Line and HR executives' perceptions of HR effectiveness in firms in the People's Republic of China

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 197-216

  Mitsuhashi, Hitoshi ^a   Park, Hyeon Jeong ^a   Wright, Patrick M ^a   Chua, Rodney S ^b  

^a and History   (United States)

^b IBM Singapore Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; HR activities; Line executives; Line executives' evaluation of HR; Strategic human resource management; The People's Republic of China

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011694044     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095851900339828     Document Type: Article

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