Local labour markets

China's Changing Workplace: Dynamism, Diversity and Disparity

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 93-110

  Li, Yiqiong ^a   Sheldon, Peter ^a   David, Morgan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 84874316098     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203828892     Document Type: Chapter

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