Manpower restructuring in the state-owned railway industry of China: The role of the state in human resource strategy

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 904-924

  Cooke, Fang Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; HRD; Railways; Redundancy; Role of state

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141934363     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095851900422348     Document Type: Article

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