Organizational differences in managerial compensation and benefits in Chinese firms

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 693-715

  Ding, Daniel Z ^a   Akhtar, Syed ^a   Ge, Gloria L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Benefits; Chinese human resource management practices; Compensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748426206     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190600581675     Document Type: Article

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