Transferring human resource management across national boundaries: The case of Chinese multinational companies in the UK

Employee Relations

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 613-626

  Zhang, Miao ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Human resource management; Learning; Multinational companies; Organizations; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986135326     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450310501333     Document Type: Article

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