The relationship between cross cultural experience and training, and leader effectiveness in the US Foreign Service

International Journal of Cross Cultural Management

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 339-356

  Glick, Norman D ^a,b  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Montgomery College ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Culture training; Experience; Management; Situational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049433407     PISSN: 14705958     EISSN: 17412838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147059580223004     Document Type: Article

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