Multinational corporations and employment relations in the People's Republic of China: The case of Beijing Hyundai Motor Company

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2349-2369

  Zou, Mimi ^a   Lansbury, Russell D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beijing; China; Chinese employment relations; Cross border transfer of policies; Hyundai; Korean autos; Multinational corporations; South Korea

Indexed keywords

EID: 70949100899     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190903239708     Document Type: Article

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