Employment in Chinese MNEs: Appraising the dragon's gift to sub-Saharan Africa

Human Resource Management

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 897-919

  Jackson, Terence ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China in Africa; Chinese MNEs; Crosscultural management; Employment relations; International HRM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923046986     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.21565     Document Type: Article

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