Constructing the image of the other: a postcolonial critique of the adaptation of Japanese human resource management practices

Management Decision

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 257-265

  Styhre, Alexander ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Human resource management; Kaizen; National cultures; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986019110     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740210420219     Document Type: Article

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