Education, training and skills

China's Changing Workplace: Dynamism, Diversity and Disparity

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 111-128

  Li, Yiqiong ^a   Sheldon, Peter ^a   Jian Min, Sun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

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EID: 84874329214     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203828892     Document Type: Chapter

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