Managers' context: How government capability affects managers

British Journal of Management

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 500-516

  Pearce, Jone L ^a   Xin, Katherine M ^b   Xu, Qiumei Jane ^c   Rao, Alaka N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Chinese European Institute for Business Studies   (China)

^c NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84860404828     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2011.00756.x     Document Type: Article

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