Hong Kong-Invested companies in Thailand: Labour relations and practices

Journal of Contemporary Asia

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-22

  Hewison, Kevin ^a   Chiu, Catherine ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Foreign investment; Hong Kong; Industrial relations and practices; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EID: 58249137458     PISSN: 00472336     EISSN: 17527554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00472330802506733     Document Type: Article

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