Measurement equivalence of the German job satisfaction survey used in a multinational organization: Implications of Schwartz's culture model

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1070-1082

  Liu, Cong ^a   Borg, Ingwer ^b,c,e   Spector, Paul E ^d  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ctr for Surv Res and Methodology   (Germany)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e GESIS LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; JOB SATISFACTION; LANGUAGE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY;

CULTURE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; JOB SATISFACTION; LANGUAGE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 10944237922     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.89.6.1070     Document Type: Review

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