Institutionalization and bargaining power explanations of HRM practices in international joint ventures - The case of Chinese-Western joint ventures

Organization Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 491-512

  Björkman, Ingmar ^a,b   Lu, Yuan ^c  

^a HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b INSEAD   (France)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bargaining power; China; HRM practices; Institutionalization theory; International joint ventures

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037794427     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840601223005     Document Type: Article

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