Cross-border transfer of knowledge: Cultural lessons from Project GLOBE

Academy of Management Executive

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 59-76

  Javidan, Mansour ^a   Stahl, Günter K ^b   Brodbeck, Felix ^c   Wilderom, Celeste P M ^d  

^a Garvin School of International Management   (United States)

^b Department of Global Technology and Innovation

^c ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 20444500980     PISSN: 10795545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AME.2005.16962801     Document Type: Article

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