Cultural diversity: Challenges facing the management of cross-border business careers

Career Development International

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 196-205

  Fish, Alan ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Careers; Culture; Diversity; Learning; Mindsets

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986077477     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620439910270571     Document Type: Article

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