Measuring cultural perceptions of western project managers operating in the Asian region: Application of a cultural model

Management Decision

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1052-1065

  Burchell, Richard ^a   Gilden, Anthony ^b  

^a UNITEC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b DTandB Consultancy Ltd ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cross cultural management; Managers; Project management; Project teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 48849117717     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740810890212     Document Type: Article

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