One country many cultures: Organizational cultures of firms of different country origins

International Business Review

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 469-486

  Lau, Chung Ming ^a   Ngo, Hang Yue ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; National Culture; Organizational Cultures

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010658168     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0969-5931(96)00022-4     Document Type: Article

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