Money matters: An empirical investigation of money, face and Confucian work ethic

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 953-970

  Lim, Vivien K G ^a  

^a School of Business ^*  (Singapore)

Author keywords

Confucian work ethic; Face concerns; Money attitudes; Singapore

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041841511     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(02)00311-2     Document Type: Article

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