"It really works like this": Hybrid forms of management culture in Thailand and Israel

European Management Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 155-163

  Shimoni, Baruch ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cultural hybridization; Cultural imposition; Management culture; Managers' stories

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952737602     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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