Workplace democracy in China's foreign-funded enterprises: A multilevel case study of employee representation

Economic and Industrial Democracy

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 274-300

  Yu, Xiaomin ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ACFTU; China; Codes of conduct; Corporate social responsibility; Trade union

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149153867     PISSN: 0143831X     EISSN: 14617099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143831X07088544     Document Type: Article

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