International performance appraisals: Policies, practices and determinants in the case of Chinese multinational companies

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 547-563

  Shen, Jie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Human resource management; Multinational companies; Performance appraisal

Indexed keywords

EID: 8844239196     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720410560442     Document Type: Article

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