The culture of learning organizations in Chinese state-owned and privately-owned enterprises: An empirical study

Frontiers of Business Research in China

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 275-299

  Wang, Xiaohui ^a   Yang, Baiyin ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese SOEs and POEs; Culture of learning organizations; Demographic variables; Job satisfaction; Perceived performances

Indexed keywords

EID: 73449100012     PISSN: 16737326     EISSN: 16737431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11782-007-0016-x     Document Type: Article

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