Devolvement of HR practices in transitional economies: Evidence from China

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 840-855

  Zhu, Cherrie Jiuhua ^a   Cooper, Brian ^a   De Cieri, Helen ^a   Thomson, S Bruce ^a   Zhao, Shuming ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Devolvement; Firms; HR practices; Line middle management; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 46949099485     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190801991350     Document Type: Article

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