Cross-cultural adjustment strategies of Japanese spouses in Silicon Valley

Employee Relations

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 594-611

  Simeon, Roblyn ^a   Fujiu, Keiko ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Innovation; Management styles; R ; D; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986106010     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450010379216     Document Type: Article

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