Cultures within culture: Unity and diversity of two generations of employees in state-owned enterprises

Human Relations

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 387-417

  Liu, Shuang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Integration; Organizational culture; Subculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037394742     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726703056004001     Document Type: Article

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