Interlingual translation and the transfer of value-infused practices: An in-depth qualitative exploration

Management Learning

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 565-581

  Ciuk, Sylwia ^a   James, Philip ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffusion; knowledge transfer; language; multinational enterprise; situated practice; translation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948409583     PISSN: 13505076     EISSN: 14617307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350507614560304     Document Type: Article

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