Do South African managers cope differently from American managers? A cross-cultural investigation

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 301-313

  Bhagat, Rabi S ^a   Ford Jr , David L ^b   O'Driscoll, Michael P ^c   Frey, Len ^d   Babakus, Emin ^e   Mahanyele, Mohale ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^d ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f Manpower Assignments Consult Ltd   (South Africa)

Author keywords

American managers; Coping styles; Decision latitude; Organizational stress; Psychological strain; South african managers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035343456     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-1767(01)00005-0     Document Type: Article

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