Bringing Africa in: Promising directions for management research

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 377-393

  George, Gerard ^a   Corbishley, Christopher ^b   Khayesi, Jane N O ^c   Haas, Martine R ^d   Tihanyi, Laszlo ^e  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84963784012     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2016.4002     Document Type: Review

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