Conflict management among American and Chinese employees in multinational organizations in China

Cross Cultural Management

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 299-311

  Yuan, Wenli ^a  

^a KEAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Conflict management; Employee behaviour; Multinational companies; National cultures; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952048489     PISSN: 13527606     EISSN: 17586089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527601011068388     Document Type: Article

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