Empowerment and continuous improvement in the United States, Mexico, Poland, and India: Predicting fit on the basis of the dimensions of power distance and individualism

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 643-658

  Robert, Christopher ^a,c   Probst, Tahira M ^b   Martocchio, Joseph J ^a   Drasgow, Fritz ^a   Lawler, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; POLAND; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; POLAND; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOLOGY, INDUSTRIAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034297941     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.85.5.643     Document Type: Article

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