Bicultural individuals in organizations: Implications and opportunity

International Journal of Cross Cultural Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-16

  Brannen, Mary Yoko ^a,c   Thomas, David C ^b  

^a INSEAD   (France)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Bd de Constance ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Biculturals; Boundary spanning; Global leadership; Global teams; Multicultural identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951720569     PISSN: 14705958     EISSN: 17412838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470595809359580     Document Type: Review

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