The effect of supervision style and decision-making on role stress and satisfaction of senior foreign managers in international joint ventures in China

International Journal of Commerce and Management

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 284-294

  Lu, Lung Tan ^a   Lee, Yuan Ho ^a  

^a FO GUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Decision making; Expatriates; International business; Joint ventures; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349099313     PISSN: 10569219     EISSN: 17588529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10569210710844363     Document Type: Article

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