A theoretical exploration of manager and employee social identity, cultural values and identity conflict management

International Journal of Cross Cultural Management

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 169-183

  Dalton, Maxine ^a,c   Chrobot Mason, Donna ^b  

^a Center for Creative Leadership   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c French Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural values; Manager influence; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049236037     PISSN: 14705958     EISSN: 17412838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470595807079382     Document Type: Article

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