Human resources management practices in China: Township and village enterprises versus sino-foreign joint ventures

Journal of Transnational Management Development

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 45-65

  Chen, Zhen Xiong ^a   Farh, Jiing Lih ^b  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Human resources management practices; Institutional theory; Sino foreign joint ventures; Township and village enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986137283     PISSN: 10686061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J130v04n03_03     Document Type: Article

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