Cultural forces and historical events to shape organizing principles in Korea: An exploratory perspective

Management Decision

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 826-841

  Kim, Bowon ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Business School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Culture; Ethics; History; North Korea; South Korea

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952893616     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251741011043948     Document Type: Article

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