Roles of subsidiary managers in multinational corporations: The effect of dual organizational identification

Management International Review

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 595-620

  Vora, Davina ^a   Kostova, Tatiana ^b   Roth, Kendall ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual organizational identification; Multinational corporation (MNC); Organization identity; Role conflict; Role theory; Subsidiary manager roles

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548218168     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-007-0031-3     Document Type: Article

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