Benchmarking culture and performance in Chinese organizations

Benchmarking

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 260-274

  Garg, Rajendar K ^a   Ma, Jun ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; China; Leadership; Management styles; Organizational culture; Organizational performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444472773     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635770510600375     Document Type: Article

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