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Park, HJ., Sung, SH. (2004). A New Perspective On Diversity and Group Dynamics in Asia. In: Leung, K., White, S. (eds) Handbook of Asian Management. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-7932-X_17

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