Organizational commitment of Chinese employees in foreign-invested firms

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 896-915

  Gamble, Jos ^a   Huang, Qihai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Foreign invested enterprises; Human resource management (HRM); Labour markets; Organizational commitment; Retail sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 46949101618     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190801993893     Document Type: Article

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