Talent management issues for multinational logistics companies in China: Observations from the field

International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 163-179

  Shi, Yanhong ^a   Handfield, Robert ^b  

^a SHANXI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; multinational logistics; recruitment and retention; talent management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864683366     PISSN: 13675567     EISSN: 1469848X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13675567.2012.709488     Document Type: Article

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