Intervening in Employee Disputes: How and When Will Managers from China, Japan and the USA Act Differently?

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 183-204

  Brett, Jeanne M ^a   Tinsley, Catherine H ^b   Shapiro, Debra L ^c   Okumura, Tetsushi ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 76449119021     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8784.2007.00070.x     Document Type: Article

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