'Making sense' of HRM in China: Setting the scene

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2169-2193

  Warner, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Contradiction; Globalization; Human resource management; Paradox; Transitional economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 70849136851     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190903239559     Document Type: Article

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