Participatory management and industrial relations climate: A study of Chinese, Japanese and US firms in Taiwan

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 827-844

  Wu, Wei Ping ^a   Lee, Yuan Duen ^b  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Industrial relations climate; Internalization; MNCs; Participatory management; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347752360     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190110047857     Document Type: Article

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