When groups consist of multiple nationalities: Towards a new understanding of the implications

Organization Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 181-205

  Hambrick, Donald C ^a   Davison, Sue Canney ^b   Snell, Scott A ^c   Snow, Charles C ^c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural management; Multinational groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007057653     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/017084069801900202     Document Type: Article

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