Trust and cross-cultural dissimilarities in corporate environment

Team Performance Management

Volumn 12, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 237-252

  Rajagopal, ^a   Rajagopal, Ananya ^a,b  

^a SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

^b Novartis Pharmaceuticals   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Corporate ventures; Culture; South America; Team working; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750440538     PISSN: 13527592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527590610711796     Document Type: Article

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