The impact of subsidiary top management team national diversity on subsidiary performance: Knowledge and legitimacy perspectives

Management International Review

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 771-790

  Gong, Yaping ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Multinational teares; Nationality; Subsidiary top management; Teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947521298     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-006-0126-2     Document Type: Review

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