Understanding organizational behaviour in multinational corporations (MNCs) from a micropolitical perspective: A stratified analytical framework

Micropolitics in the Multinational Corporation: Foundations, Applications and New Directions

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 185-207

  Becker Ritterspach, Florian A A ^a   Blazejewski, Susanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences Institute of Childhood Education   (Germany)

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EID: 84983295665     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781107283947.011     Document Type: Chapter

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