Talent management and management fashion in Chinese enterprises: Exploring case studies in Beijing

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 22, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 3413-3428

  Preece, David ^a   Iles, Paul ^b   Chuai, Xin ^c  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c BELZONA POLYMERICS LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beijing; China; Human capital; Institutionalism; International HRM; Management fashion; Talent management

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053267552     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2011.586870     Document Type: Article

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