Pre-departure cultural training: Us managers in Mexico

Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 230-243

  Celaya, Leandra ^a   Swift, Jonathan S ^b  

^a Bradford Health Services   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consultants; Managers; Mexico; Training; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986146103     PISSN: 13527606     EISSN: 17586089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527600610683372     Document Type: Article

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