The challenges of global capitalism: Unemployment and state workers' reactions and responses in post-reform China

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 399-415

  Mok, Ka Ho ^a   Wong, Linda ^a   Lee, Grace O M ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Coping strategies; Labour; State workers; State owned enterprises; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347367223     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190110111440     Document Type: Article

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