Contextual influences on multinational teams: Empirical evidence from an Austrian company

European Journal of International Management

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 111-129

  Hajro, Aida ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Global strategy; Knowledge management; Layers of context; Matrix structure; Multinational teams; Organisational culture; Societal level culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 62549120765     PISSN: 17516757     EISSN: 17516765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2009.022637     Document Type: Article

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