The future of chinese management research: A theory of chinese management versus a chinese theory of management

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-28

  Barney, Jay B ^a   Zhang, Shujun ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese management research; Chinese theory of management; Theory development; Theory of Chinese management

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350348330     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8784.2008.00102.x     Document Type: Article

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