Organizational flexibility in western and Asian firms: An examination of control and safeguard rules in five countries

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 17-24

  Ng, Ignace ^a   Dastmalchian, Ali ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

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EID: 0035591918     PISSN: 08250383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1936-4490.2001.tb00240.x     Document Type: Article

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