Staff localization and organizational characteristics: Western business operations in China

Asia Pacific Business Review

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-57

  Selmer, Jan ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; TURNOVER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 0347655656     PISSN: 13602381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13602380412331288800     Document Type: Article

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