Differences between Chinese and Western managerial views of performance

Personnel Review

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 203-226

  Hempel, Paul S ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cross cultural management; Hong kong; Performance appraisal

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842739006     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480110694525     Document Type: Article

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