Home and away: Preparing students for multicultural management

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1292-1312

  Ledwith, Sue ^a   Seymour, Diane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cultural; Groupwork; International; Management; Multicultural; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008310561     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190110083802     Document Type: Article

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