Human resource barriers to partnership sourcing in China

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1886-1900

  Wilkinson, Barry ^a   Eberhardt, Markus ^a   McLaren, Julie ^a   Millington, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buyer supplier relations; China; Human capital; Multinational corporations; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 31144439170     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190500298578     Document Type: Article

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