Managerial problems in Kuwait

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 366-375

  Al Kazemi, Ali A ^a   Ali, Abbas J ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Expatriates; Kuwait; Management; Management development; Problem identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986149590     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621710210426853     Document Type: Article

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