An emerging model of employment relations in China: a divergent path from the Japanese?

@article{Zhu2000AnEM,
  title={An emerging model of employment relations in China: a divergent path from the Japanese?},
  author={Ying Zhu and Malcolm Warner},
  journal={International Business Review},
  year={2000},
  volume={9},
  pages={345-361}
}
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