Negotiating reality a theory of action approach to intercultural competence

Management Learning

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-86

  Friedman, Victor J ^a,b   Antal, Ariane Berthoin ^a  

^a WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

^b Emek Yezreel College   (Israel)

Author keywords

Action science; Cross cultural conflict resolution; Intercultural communication; International management; Learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844334971     PISSN: 13505076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350507605049904     Document Type: Article

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