Manufacturing in China: a UK firm case study

Employee Relations

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 430-436

  Winfield, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human resource management; Management techniques; Manufacturing; Organizational structure; People's Republic of China; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986047423     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425459910285546     Document Type: Article

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