Manufacturing to Asia: Who will win the emerging battle for talent between Dragons and Tigers?

Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 52-72

  Zheng, Connie ^a   Soosay, Claudine ^a   Hyland, Paul ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asia; Manufacturing industries; Multinational companies; Recruitment; Skills

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ECONOMICS; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES; RECRUITMENT;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 37549062192     PISSN: 1741038X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410380810843453     Document Type: Article

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