Leveraging competitiveness upon national cultural traits: The management of people in Brazilian companies

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2201-2217

  Tanure, Betania ^a   Duarte, Roberto Gonzalez ^b  

^a FUNDAÇÃO DOM CABRAL   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Management of people; Organizational culture; Societal culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 30844467734     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190500358620     Document Type: Article

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