Why mission statements become a show piece? Case of an Indo-American joint venture

Vikalpa

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 23-47

  Panda, Abinash ^a   Gupta, R K ^a  

^a MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Emotional commitment; Espoused values; Organizational culture; Socio cultural values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991809797     PISSN: 02560909     EISSN: 23953799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0256090920030203     Document Type: Article

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