Psychological ownership and organizational optimism amid China's corporate transformation: Effects of an employee ownership scheme and a management-dominated board

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 303-320

  Chiu, Warren C K ^a   Hui, C Harry ^a   Lai, Gina W F ^a  

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EID: 34250743670     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190601102539     Document Type: Article

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