Delegating effectively across cultures

Journal of World Business

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 431-439

  Chevrier, Sylvie ^a   Viegas Pires, Michaël ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

^b LAREQUOI   (France)

Author keywords

Cross cultural leadership; Delegation; Empowerment; Madagascar; NGO

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879842079     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2012.07.026     Document Type: Article

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