Culture and accountability in organizations: Variations in forms of social control across cultures

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 135-160

  Gelfand, Michele J ^a   Lim, Beng Chong ^a   Raver, Jana L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Cultural perspective; Social control

Indexed keywords

EID: 2142750118     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2004.02.007     Document Type: Article

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