Culture or employment systems? Accounting for the attitudinal differences between British and Japanese managers

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 285-301

  Okabe, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British managers; Culture; Employment systems; Japanese managers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347794881     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190110102387     Document Type: Article

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