Culture and conflict: Japanese managers and Thai subordinates

Personnel Review

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 187-210

  Swierczek, Fredric William ^a   Onishi, Jun ^b  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Conflict; Culture; Japan; Joint ventures; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986180610     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480310460216     Document Type: Article

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