The transfer of ubuntu and indaba business models abroad: A case of South African Multinational Banks and Telecommunication Services in Tanzania

International Journal of Cross Cultural Management

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-108

  Newenham Kahindi, Aloysius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emerging economies; High performance work practices; Human resource management; International management; MNCs; South Africa; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

EID: 64549121633     PISSN: 14705958     EISSN: 17412838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470595808101157     Document Type: Review

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