Goal interdependence for working across cultural boundaries: Chinese employees with foreign managers

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 429-447

  Chen, Yi Feng ^a   Tjosvold, Dean ^a   Su, Sofia Fang ^b  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Commitment; Constructive controversy; Goal interdependence; Innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 24644474085     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2005.05.010     Document Type: Article

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