Managing cultural diversity and the process of knowledge sharing: A case from Denmark

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 385-394

  Lauring, Jakob ^a  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Communication; Cross cultural management; Diversity management; Knowledge sharing; Power; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 71549119810     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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