Executive development in China: Is there any in a Western sense?

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 338-360

  Wong, Amy L Y ^a   Slater, Jim R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Career theory; Chinese employment structure; Confucian values; Guanxi mechanism; Recruitment and selection; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347367233     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190110103052     Document Type: Article

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