The interplay between organizational and national cultures: A comparison of organizational practices in Canada and South Korea using the Competing Values Framework

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 388-412

  Dastmalchian, Ali ^a   Lee, Sangho ^b   Ng, Ignace ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b Soongsil University   (South Korea)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Canada; Competing Values Framework; Cross national research; National culture; Organizational culture; South Korea

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347698581     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095851900339927     Document Type: Article

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