Employee tenure and the nationality of joint ventures in China

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2271-2291

  Zimmerman, Angelika ^a   Liu, Xiaohui ^a   Buck, Trevor ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Employee tenure; Firms; HRM practices; Nationality; Retention; Sino foreign joint ventures

Indexed keywords

EID: 70849111547     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190903239658     Document Type: Article

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