Profiling the Chinese manager: Exploring dimensions that relate to leadership

Leadership and Organization Development Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 359-375

  Selvarajah, Christopher ^a   Meyer, Denny ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Business excellence; China; Interpersonal skills; Leadership; Managerialism

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949223585     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730810876159     Document Type: Article

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