Melting pot or tossed salad? Implications for designing effective multicultural workgroups

Management International Review

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 721-748

  Bachmann, Anne Susann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cultural diversity; Multiculturality; Workgroups

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947546546     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-006-0124-4     Document Type: Article

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