Reconsidering the exploration of power distance: An active case study approach

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Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 403-414

  Romm, Norma R A ^a   Hsu, Cheng Yi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Active case study; Power distance; Researcher involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036889377     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0483(02)00060-9     Document Type: Article

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