Confucianism, socialism, and capitalism: A comparison of cultural ideologies and implied managerial philosophies and practices in the P. R. China

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 165-178

  Yang, Baiyin ^a  

^a Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

Capitalism; Confucianism; Cross cultural management; P. R. China; Socialism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861927099     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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