The 'country-of-origin effect' in employee turnover intention: Evidence from China

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1394-1413

  Ma, Shaozhuang ^a   Trigo, Virginia ^b  

^a GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN STUDIES   (China)

^b INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

convergence or divergence; country of origin effect in HRM; HRM in China; MNCs in China; turnover intention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858307273     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2011.579923     Document Type: Article

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