The value of intercultural competence for performance of multicultural teams

Team Performance Management: An International Journal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2004, Pages 104-111

  Matveev, Alexei V ^a   Milter, Richard G ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

National cultures; Performance management; Russia; Team working; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992997101     PISSN: 13527592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527590410556827     Document Type: Article

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