A critical analysis of North American business leaders' neocolonial discourse: Global fears and local consequences

Organization

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 387-406

  McKenna, Steve ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

business leaders; China; India; neocolonial discourse; North America

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956301402     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: 14617323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508411398728     Document Type: Article

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