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10 - Zooming in onpoliticking and issuesellingtactics as new research directions for the study ofmicropolitics in multinational corporations (MNCs)

from Part IV - Reflections and new directions for research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2016

Florian A. A. Becker-Ritterspach
Affiliation:
University of Applied Sciences (HTW) Berlin
Susanne Blazejewski
Affiliation:
Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences, Alfter, Germany
Christoph Dörrenbächer
Affiliation:
Berlin School of Economics and Law
Mike Geppert
Affiliation:
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena, Germany
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Micropolitics in the Multinational Corporation
Foundations, Applications and New Directions
, pp. 255 - 265
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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