Chinese context and theoretical contributions to management and organization research: A three-decade review

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 173-209

  Jia, Liangding ^a   You, Shuyang ^a   Du, Yunzhou ^a,b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese context; Chinese management research; Citation impact; Contextualization; Theoretical contributions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858819351     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8784.2011.00282.x     Document Type: Article

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