Confucianism in action: Recent developments in Oriental systems methodology

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 111-130

  Zhu, Zhichang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative systems studies; Confucianism; Cross cultural learning; Cultural influences; East and West; Methodological pluralism; Oriental socio cultural settings; Systems methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032016862     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1743(199803/04)15:2<111::AID-SRES182>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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