Xiagang and re-employment policies in Shanghai

Management Research News

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 976-986

  Xu, Lilai ^a   Bennington, Lynne ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Employment; Government policy; Sustainable development; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749102561     PISSN: 01409174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409170810920675     Document Type: Article

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