The commitment-focused HRM system: Adoption and performance implications in domestic private firms

China's Domestic Private Firms: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Management and Performance

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 261-275

  Gong, Yaping ^a   Law, Kenneth ^a   Xin, Katherine ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINA EUROPE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (China)

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