The need for global managers: a business necessity

Management Decision

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 232-242

  Beth Stanek, Mary ^a  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Expatriates; Globalization; Managers; Multinationals; Teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986019142     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740010326243     Document Type: Review

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