Identifying and training adaptive cross-cultural management skills: The crucial role of cultural metacognition

Academy of Management Learning and Education

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 453-475

  Mor, Shira ^a   Morris, Michael W ^b   Joh, Johann ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84890086093     PISSN: 1537260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amle.2012.0202     Document Type: Article

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