Is there a transatlantic divide?: Reviewing Peter F. Drucker's thoughts on ethics and leadership of US and European managers

Management Decision

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 528-540

  Bardy, Roland ^a   Rubens, Arthur ^b  

^a FACHHOCHSCHULE WORMS   (Germany)

^b FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business environment; Business ethics; Confucianism; Corporate social responsibility; Europe; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951986210     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251741011041337     Document Type: Article

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