ICTS and organizational control across cultures: The case of a UK multinational operating in China

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 126, Issue , 2003, Pages 155-168

  Liu, Wei ^a   Westrup, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Disembed; Expatriates; Face to face contacts; ICTs; MNEs; Reembed

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; EXPERT SYSTEMS; OFFICE BUILDINGS;

DISEMBED; EXPATRIATES; ICTS; MNES; REEMBED;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84904314222     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-35695-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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