The impact of culture on interactions: five lessons learned from the European Commission

European Management Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 325-334

  Neyer, Anne Katrin ^a   Harzing, Anne Wil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Case study research; Cross cultural interaction; Culturally determined behaviour; European Commission; Role of culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 48349099867     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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