Managing knowledge, learning, and time in relationship between Western and African organizations

Journal of African Business

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 9-38

  Harvey, Michael ^a   Kamoche, Ken ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Social vs. clock time; Social cultural time perspective; The importance of time as a strategic variable; Time and miscommunication cross culturally; Timescapes

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WESTERN WORLD;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11244278668     PISSN: 15228916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J156v05n02_02     Document Type: Article

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