Explaining organizational responsiveness to emerging regulatory pressure: the case of illegal overtime in China

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 27, Issue 18, 2016, Pages 2097-2118

  Kim, Sunghoon ^a   Chung, Sunwook ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

China; illegal overtime; institutional theory; legal compliance; regional variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962916651     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2016.1164218     Document Type: Article

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