Employment strategy: Comparing Japanese and British retail companies in Hong Kong

Personnel Review

Volumn 28, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 474-490

  Wong, May M L ^a   Hendry, Chris ^b  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employment; Hong Kong; Japan; Retailing; Strategy; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033470722     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483489910286783     Document Type: Article

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