The development of a work-value model assessing the cumulative impact of individual and cultural differences on managers' work-value systems: Empirical evidence from French and British managers

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 658-679

  Spony, Gilles ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication styles; Cross cultural model; Individual and cultural differences; Multidimensional scaling (MDS); Schwartz's motivational theory; Work values

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; WORKING CONDITIONS;

FRANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0345098614     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0958519032000057637     Document Type: Article

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