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Multinational retailers and consumers in China : transferring organizational practices from the United Kingdom and Japan / Jos Gamble.

By: Series: Consumption and public lifePublication details: Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, c2011.Description: xii, 257 p. : ill. ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780230545526 (alk. paper)
  • 0230545521 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HF5429.6.C5 G36 2011
Contents:
Introduction -- China's retail sector in context -- Transferring human resource practices from the United Kingdom to China -- Shopfloor perceptions of employment practices at UK-store in China -- Transferring organizational practices : a diachronic perspective from China with Qihai Huang -- Transferring organizational practices and the dynamics of hybridization : Japanese retail multinationals in China -- Multinational retailers in China : proliferating 'MCJobs' or developing skills? -- One store, two employment systems : core, periphery and flexibility in China's retail sector with Qihai Huang -- The rhetoric of the consumer and customer control in China -- Concluding comments.
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Shelving location Call number Status Barcode
Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection HF 5429.6 .C5 G36 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 5060701

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- China's retail sector in context -- Transferring human resource practices from the United Kingdom to China -- Shopfloor perceptions of employment practices at UK-store in China -- Transferring organizational practices : a diachronic perspective from China with Qihai Huang -- Transferring organizational practices and the dynamics of hybridization : Japanese retail multinationals in China -- Multinational retailers in China : proliferating 'MCJobs' or developing skills? -- One store, two employment systems : core, periphery and flexibility in China's retail sector with Qihai Huang -- The rhetoric of the consumer and customer control in China -- Concluding comments.

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