Human Resource Management in China: Past, Current and Future HR Practices in the Industrial Sector

From: The China Journal | Date: January 1, 2006| Author: Chan, Anita | Copyright information

Human Resource Management in China: Past, Current and Future HR Practices in the Industrial Sector, by Cherrie Jiuhua Zhu. London: Routledge, 2005. xvi + 285pp. £65.00 (hardcover).

This book's value lies in the fact that it is the first to compare systematically the internal organization of Chinese enterprises-covering the state, collective, foreign-funded and private sectors. Specialists in China studies may not be familiar with the management perspective adopted by the author, but t...

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