Labour standards application among Chinese and Indian firms in Ghana: Typical or atypical?

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 22, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2730-2748

  Akorsu, Angela Dziedzom ^a   Cooke, Fang Lee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Employment relations; Fdi; Ghana; India; Labour standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052161842     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2011.599941     Document Type: Article

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