Cross cultural perspectives of expatriate managers working in Egypt

International Journal of Cross Cultural Management

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 83-101

  Brown, Reva Berman ^a   Ataalla, Mary Fouad ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross cultural perspectives; Egypt; Expatriate managers

Indexed keywords

EID: 49249132544     PISSN: 14705958     EISSN: 17412838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470595802002001090     Document Type: Article

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