One nation, three cultures: Exploring dimensions that relate to leadership in Malaysia

Leadership and Organization Development Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 693-712

  Selvarajah, Christopher ^a   Meyer, Denny ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ethnic groups; Leadership; Malaysia; Managers

Indexed keywords

EID: 55649123256     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730810916640     Document Type: Article

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