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Articles

Age negotiation at the Asian corporate subsidiary: challenges of managerial ‘youth’ in Thai-based subsidiaries of Western multinationals

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Pages 330-350 | Received 01 Jul 2017, Accepted 25 Jan 2018, Published online: 12 Feb 2018

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