Do We Understand Each Other? Discussing Academic Exchange from a Cross-Cultural Communication Perspective

International Studies of Management and Organization

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 333-351

  Kittler, Markus ^a  

^a MANAGEMENT CENTER INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

communication; Culture; impact; knowledge transfer; relevance; rigor

Indexed keywords

EID: 85035774312     PISSN: 00208825     EISSN: 15580911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00208825.2018.1480877     Document Type: Article

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