Cultural determinants of customer- and learning-oriented value systems and their joint effects on firm performance

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1340-1352

  Yilmaz, Cengiz ^a   Alpkan, Lutfihak ^a   Ergun, Ercan ^a  

^a Gebze Yuksek Teknoloji Institute   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Collectivism; Customer orientation; Firm performance; Learning orientation; Power distance

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944514039     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2004.06.002     Document Type: Article

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