African Journal of
Business Management

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Bus. Manage.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1993-8233
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJBM
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 4193

Full Length Research Paper

How do nurses perceive their cultural diversity? An exploratory case study

Mohamed Mousa
  • Mohamed Mousa
  • Estonian Business School, Estonia.
  • Google Scholar


  •  Received: 03 June 2017
  •  Accepted: 18 July 2017
  •  Published: 14 September 2017

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