Psychological responses to lay-off in contemporary China

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 361-380

  Wang, Bingxin ^a   Greenwood, Kenneth Mark ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; laid off workers; psychological response; state owned enterprises (SOEs); unemployed workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912523310     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2014.919950     Document Type: Article

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