Teaching students from confucian cultures

Business and Management Education in China: Transition, Pedagogy and Training

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 115-139

  Littrell, Romie F ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

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DOI: 10.1142/9789812703422_0006     Document Type: Chapter

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