'Face' and psychological processes of laid-off workers in transitional China

Family Medicine and Community Health

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 51-63

  Wang, Bingxin ^a   Greenwood, Kenneth Mark ^b,c  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Laid off workers; Psychological process; State owned enterprises; Unemployed workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983503511     PISSN: 23056983     EISSN: 20098774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15212/FMCH.2015.0142     Document Type: Article

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