Epidemics, labour markets and unemployment: The impact of SARS on human resource management in the Hong Kong service sector

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 752-771

  Lee, Grace O M ^a   Warner, Malcolm ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asian economy; Employment; Epidemics; Hong Kong; Hotel sector; Human resource management (HRM); Labour market; People's Public of China (PRC); Service sector; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS); Uncertainty; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 22744441071     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190500083202     Document Type: Article

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