Cross-cultural teaching in globalized management classrooms: Time to move from functionalist to postcolonial approaches

Academy of Management Learning and Education

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 396-413

  Joy, Simy ^a   Poonamallee, Latha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84890095920     PISSN: 1537260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amle.2012.0205     Document Type: Article

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