The impact of SARS on China's human resources: Implications for the labour market and level of unemployment in the service sector in Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 860-880

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

^a NONE

Author keywords

Asian economy; China; Employment; Epidemics; Hotel industry; Human resource management (HRM); Human resources (HR); Labour market; People's Republic of China (PRC); Service sector; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS); Tourism; Uncertainty; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748430498     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190600640919     Document Type: Article

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