Employee attitude surveys in a multinational organization: Considering language and culture in assessing measurement equivalence

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-58

  Ryan, Ann Marie ^a   Chan, David ^b   Ployhart, Robert E ^b   Slade, L Allen ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033244073     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.1999.tb01812.x     Document Type: Article

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