A changing arena of industrial relations in China: What is happening after 1978

Employee Relations

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 190-216

  Wang, Kan ^a  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

China; Industrial relations; Trade unions; Transnational companies

Indexed keywords

EID: 37549062194     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450810843366     Document Type: Article

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