Leadership, decision-making and cultural context: Event management within chinese joint ventures

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 413-431

  Smith, Peter B ^a   Wang, Zhong Ming ^a   Leung, Kwok ^a  

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EID: 0031498509     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1048-9843(97)90022-9     Document Type: Article

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