Internationalization of top management teams in Europe

European Management Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-97

  Heijltjes, Mariëlle ^a   Olie, René ^b   Glunk, Ursula ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

International management; National diversity; Top management teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037310040     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-2373(02)00156-1     Document Type: Article

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