Indigenous research on Chinese management: What and how

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-24

  Li, Peter Ping ^a,b   Leung, Kwok ^c   Chen, Chao C ^d   Luo, Jar Der ^e  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^b RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese management; Indigenous research; Methodology; Qualitative; Theory building

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863338020     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8784.2012.00292.x     Document Type: Article

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