Strategic human resource management, firm performance, and employee relations climate in China

Human Resource Management

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-90

  Ngo, Hang Yue ^a   Lau, Chung Ming ^a   Foley, Sharon ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 46949089971     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20198     Document Type: Article

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