Language and ethnicity in international management

Corporate Communications

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 255-266

  Lauring, Jakob ^a  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cross cultural management; Denmark; Ethnic groups; Expatriates; Language; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547662835     PISSN: 13563289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13563280710776851     Document Type: Article

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