Public reporting of HRM practices among selected Hong Kong companies

Journal of Chinese Human Resources Management

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 115-127

  Chan, Juni ^a   Burgess, John ^b  

^a Krystal Management Group   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Annual reports; Hong Kong; Human resource management; Web sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993054523     PISSN: 20408005     EISSN: 20408013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/20408001011117653     Document Type: Article

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