China in sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for HRM policy and practice at organizational level

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 2512-2533

  Jackson, Terence ^a   Louw, Lynette ^b   Zhao, Shuming ^c  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China in Africa; cross cultural management; Dependency Theory; Postcolonial Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878635227     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2012.725067     Document Type: Article

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