Perceived human resource management practices and intention to leave of employees: The mediating role of organizational citizenship behaviour in a Sino-Japanese joint venture

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2250-2270

  Lam, Wing ^a   Chen, Ziguang ^b   Takeuchi, Norihiko ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

China; Formalized training; Human resource management practices; Intention to leave; Joint venture; Organizational citizenship behaviour; Retentionoriented compensation; Sino Japanese

Indexed keywords

EID: 70849110753     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190903239641     Document Type: Article

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