Enhancing Chinese SME performance through innovative HR practices

Personnel Review

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-194

  Zheng, Connie ^a   O'Neill, Grant ^b   Morrison, Mark ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Business performance; China; Human resource management; Innovation; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 58849150836     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480910931334     Document Type: Article

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