The importance of language in global teams: A linguistic perspective

Management International Review

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 679-696

  Chen, Stephen ^a   Geluykens, Ronald ^b   Choi, Chong Ju ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross cultural management; Global teams; Language; Linguistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947507504     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-006-0122-6     Document Type: Article

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