Labour and management in the People's Republic of China: Seeking the 'harmonious society'

Asia Pacific Business Review

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 285-298

  Warner, Malcolm ^a   Zhu, Ying ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Economic reforms; Globalization; Harmonious society; Labourmanagement relations; Trade unions

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC REFORM; GLOBALIZATION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; LABOR RELATIONS; TRADE UNION;

CHINA;

EID: 77954848769     PISSN: 13602381     EISSN: 1743792X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13602380802478900     Document Type: Article

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