The challenge of cross-cultural leadership interaction: Finnish expatriates in Indonesia

Career Development International

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 415-429

  Suutari, Vesa ^a   Raharjo, Kusdi ^b   Riikkilä, Timo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

^b BRAWIJAYA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^c HELSINKI METROPOLIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cross cultural management; Expatriates; Management styles; National cultures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986180810     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430210449948     Document Type: Article

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