The Role of Accent on the Credibility and Effectiveness of the International Business Person: The Case of Guatemala

International Marketing Review

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1992, Pages

  Tsalikis, John ^a   Ortiz Buonafina, Marta ^a   LaTour, Michael S ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0011415121     PISSN: 02651335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02651339210017136     Document Type: Article

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