The diffusion of HRM practices from the United Kingdom to China

Remaking Management

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 156-180

  Gamble, Jos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84927060247     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511753800.008     Document Type: Chapter

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