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Research Article

Lean leadership across different national cultures: a comparative study

Desirée H. van Duna Department of High-tech Business and Entrepreneurship, Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences, University of Twente, Enschede, The NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Guilherme L. Tortorellab The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia;c IAE Business School, Universidad Austral, Buenos Aires, Argentina;d Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, BrazilORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2396-4665View further author information
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Lara Carminatia Department of High-tech Business and Entrepreneurship, Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences, University of Twente, Enschede, The NetherlandsORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6435-5076View further author information
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Received 23 Dec 2022, Accepted 06 Jun 2023, Published online: 19 Jun 2023

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