The impact of institutional context on human resource management in three Chinese societies

Employee Relations

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 626-642

  Hau siu Chow, Irene ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Human resource management; Organizational theory; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986076257     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450410562218     Document Type: Article

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