September 11, 2001: Two quasi-experiments on the influence of threats on cultural values and cosmopolitanism

International Journal of Cross Cultural Management

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 211-228

  Olivas Luján, Miguel R ^a   Harzing, Anne Wil ^b   McCoy, Scott ^c  

^a SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmopolitanism; Culture change; Power distance; Quasi experiments; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 28344450048     PISSN: 14705958     EISSN: 17412838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470595804044750     Document Type: Article

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