Reassessing human resource management 'with Chinese characteristics': An overview

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 771-801

  Warner, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Economic reforms; Globalization; Human capital; Human resource management (HRM); Hybrid systems; Labour markets; Multinational corporations (MNCs); Personnel management; State owned enterprises (SOEs); Trade unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 46949103509     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190801991061     Document Type: Editorial

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