Changing employment relations in China: A comparative study of the auto and banking industries

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2051-2064

  Zhao, Shuming ^a   Zhang, Jie ^b   Zhao, Wei ^a   Poon, Teresa Shuk Ching ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

auto industry; banking industry; China; employment relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859590538     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2012.668364     Document Type: Article

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