Never the twain shall meet? integrating chinese and western management research

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 121-129

  Leung, Kwok ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese management; Combined emic etic approach; Indigenous research; Synergistic approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350303271     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8784.2008.00135.x     Document Type: Article

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