Micro-politics and conflicts in multinational corporations: Current debates, re-framing, and contributions of this special issue

Journal of International Management

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 251-265

  Dörrenbächer, Christoph ^a   Geppert, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33749059744     PISSN: 10754253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intman.2006.07.001     Document Type: Editorial

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