Japanese business in the dutch polder: The experience of cultural differences in asymmetric power relations

Asia Pacific Business Review

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 535-552

  Byun, Hyunghae ^a   Ybema, Sierk ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Intercultural communication; Multinationals; Organizational globalization; Power

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; POWER RELATIONS;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 30844459886     PISSN: 13602381     EISSN: 1743792X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13602380500135836     Document Type: Article

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