Your next boss is American: Attitudes of south african managers towards prospective us-south african joint ventures

South African Journal of Business Management

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1-13

  Akande, W A ^a   Banai, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 67650996975     PISSN: 20785585     EISSN: 20785976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/sajbm.v40i2.536     Document Type: Article

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