Effective Japanese leadership in China: Co-operative goals and applying abilities for mutual benefit

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 15, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 730-749

  Liu, Chunhong ^a   Tjosvold, Dean ^b   Wong, May ^b  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Applying abilities; Goal interdependence; Japanese; Leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442494995     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0958519042000192924     Document Type: Article

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