Brazilian national culture, organizational culture and cultural agreement: Findings from a multinational company

International Journal of Cross Cultural Management

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 139-167

  Garibaldi De Hilal, Adriana V ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cross cultural research; Cultural agreement; Latin American multinational; National culture; Organizational culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 53249103901     PISSN: 14705958     EISSN: 17412838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470595806066325     Document Type: Article

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