Foreign companies and Chinese workers: Employee motivation in the People's Republic of China

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 282-300

  Jackson, Terence ^a   Bak, Mette ^b  

^a Cherwell House   (United Kingdom)

^b BASF   (China)

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EID: 0032384872     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534819810225869     Document Type: Article

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