Putting the global in global work: An intercultural lens on the practice of cross-national collaboration

Academy of Management Annals

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 135-188

  Hinds, Pamela ^a   Liu, Lei ^a   Lyon, Joachim ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

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EID: 79960799359     PISSN: 19416520     EISSN: 19416067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19416520.2011.586108     Document Type: Review

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