Organization development and change in Chinese state-owned enterprises: a human resource perspective

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 379-389

  Sun, Jianmin ^a  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

China; Organizational development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986037771     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730010379267     Document Type: Article

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