Being flexible and accommodating diversity: The challenge for multinational management

European Management Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 677-685

  Welch, Denice E ^a   Welch, Lawrence S ^a  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

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EID: 0031537269     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-2373(97)00051-0     Document Type: Article

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