Promoting exchange between East and West management cultures: The role of dialogue

Journal of Management and Organization

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 514-525

  Jabri, Muayyad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bakhtin; Cross cultural management; Culture; Discourse; Hofstede; Identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953866405     PISSN: 18333672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/jmo.15.4.514     Document Type: Article

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