Cultural diversity in China: Dialect, job embeddedness, and turnover

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 221-238

  Gong, Yuanyuan ^a   Chow, Irene Hau siu ^a   Ahlstrom, David ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Cultural diversity; Dialect; Job embeddedness; Turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955045641     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-010-9232-6     Document Type: Article

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