Evolution of organizational governance and human resource management in China's township and village enterprises

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 15, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 836-852

  Ding, Daniel Z ^a   Ge, Gloria ^b   Warner, Malcolm ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Corporate governance; Economic reform; Human resource management; Industrial relations; Labour management relations; PRC; Property rights reform; Reward systems; Townships and village enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442428187     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0958519042000192979     Document Type: Article

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