Learning to negotiate reality: A strategy for teaching intercultural competencies

Journal of Management Education

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 363-386

  Antal, Ariane Berthoin ^a   Friedman, Victor J ^b  

^a WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

^b THE MAX STERN YEZREEL VALLEY COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Action science; Conflict; Intercultural communication; Intercultural competence; International management; Ladder of inference

Indexed keywords

EID: 42949090281     PISSN: 10525629     EISSN: 15526658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1052562907308794     Document Type: Article

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