Ownership Change and Reshaping of Employment Relations in China: A Study of Two Manufacturing Companies

Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 19-39

  Cooke, Fang Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84992828808     PISSN: 00221856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1472-9296.00035     Document Type: Article

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