China's state-owned enterprises: Economic reform and organizational restructuring

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 500-516

  Hassard, John ^a,b   Morris, Jonathan ^c   Sheehan, Jackie ^d   Yuxin, Xiao ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e BAOSTEEL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Economic reform; Government policy; Organizational restructuring

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956330055     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534811011071252     Document Type: Article

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