A hybridism model of differentiated human resource management effectiveness in Chinese context

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 208-219

  Zhou, Yu ^a   Zhang, Yingying ^b   Liu, Jun ^a  

^a Renmin University of China   (China)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

China; Contextualization; HRM differentiation; Hybridism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862787785     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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