Employees' satisfaction with HRM in Chinese privately-owned enterprises

Asia Pacific Business Review

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 339-354

  Shen, Jie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Employees' satisfaction; Human resource management; Privatelyowned enterprises

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; HUMAN RESOURCE; LABOR MARKET; MANUFACTURING; PRIVATE SECTOR; WORKING CONDITIONS;

CHINA;

EID: 77954852527     PISSN: 13602381     EISSN: 1743792X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13602380902846659     Document Type: Article

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