How employees learn about corporate strategy: An empirical analysis of a Saudi manufacturing company

Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 273-285

  Al Ghamdi, Salem M ^a   Roy, Matthew H ^b   Ahmed, Zafar U ^c  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication processes; Employee communications; Saudi Arabia; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986166634     PISSN: 13527606     EISSN: 17586089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527600710830313     Document Type: Article

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