Work goals of Asian managers: Field evidence from Singapore, Malaysia, India, Thailand, Brunei, and Mongolia

International Journal of Cross Cultural Management

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 251-268

  Chatterjee, Samir R ^a   Pearson, Cecil A L ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asian management; Economic reform; Managerial mindset; Meaning of work studies (MOW)

Indexed keywords

EID: 59249103799     PISSN: 14705958     EISSN: 17412838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470595802002002875     Document Type: Article

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