National culture, business culture and management practices: Consequential relationships?

Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 54-67

  Bhaskaran, Suku ^a   Sukumaran, Nishal ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Business analysis; Employee behaviour; Malaysia; Management culture; National cultures; Selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986165530     PISSN: 13527606     EISSN: 17586089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527600710718831     Document Type: Article

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