Choosing the right employee: Chinese vs US preferences

Management Decision

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-13

  Peppas, Spero C ^a   Peppas, Stephanie R ^a   Jin, Ken ^b  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

Author keywords

China; Decision making; Human resource planning; Job design; Selection; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928385111     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251749910251978     Document Type: Article

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