What do employers want? Views of Chinese and Canadian job seekers

China and World Economy

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 107-120

  Sun, Ying ^a   Luke Chan, M W ^b   Tiessen, James H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business student; Canada; China; Cultural difference; Job selection criteria

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247880352     PISSN: 16712234     EISSN: 1749124X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-124X.2006.00051.x     Document Type: Article

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