Merging without alienating: Interventions promoting cross-cultural organizational integration and their limitations

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 468-489

  Brannen, Mary Yoko ^a,b   Peterson, Mark F ^c  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSEAD   (France)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 63149158032     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2008.80     Document Type: Article

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