Applying cognitive adjustment theory to cross-cultural training for global virtual teams

Human Resource Management

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 341-353

  Brandl, Julia ^a   Neyer, Anne Katrin ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive adjustment; Cross cultural training; Global virtual teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650227994     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20284     Document Type: Article

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