Organizational communications in Hong Kong: A cultural approach to groupthink

Corporate Communications

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 351-357

  Ko, Andrew Sai On ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communication processes; Group thinking; Hong Kong; Organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 28344434642     PISSN: 13563289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13563280510630142     Document Type: Article

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