The role of cultural intelligence for the emergence of negotiated culture in IT offshore outsourcing projects

Information Technology and People

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 223-241

  Gregory, Robert ^a   Prifling, Michael ^a   Beck, Roman ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Cross cultural management; Germany; India; Outsourcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349669119     PISSN: 09593845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09593840910981428     Document Type: Article

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