Ranking the future global manager characteristics and knowledge requirements according to UAE business managers' opinions

Education, Business and Society: Contemporary Middle Eastern Issues

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 229-247

  Barhem, Belal ^a   Younies, Hassan ^b   Smith, Pamela C ^c  

^a ABU DHABI UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b School of Management NYIT Abu Dhabi   (United Arab Emirates)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Global managers; Leadership; Managerial skills; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881356539     PISSN: 17537983     EISSN: 17537991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17537981111159984     Document Type: Article

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