Managing diversity in Chinese and Indian organizations: A qualitative study

Journal of Chinese Human Resources Management

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-32

  Lee Cooke, Fang ^a   Saini, Debi S ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

China; Diversity management; Human resource management; India; Quality assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993083595     PISSN: 20408005     EISSN: 20408013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/20408001211220548     Document Type: Article

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