Cross-national differences in cognitive style: Implications for management

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 161-170

  Allinson, Christopher W ^a   Hayes, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive style; Cross cultural; Culture; Gender; Hemispheric specialization; Intuition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000644881     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095851900340042     Document Type: Article

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