Individualism/collectivism, perceived task interdependence and teamwork attitudes among irish blue-collar employees: A test of the main and moderating effects

Human Relations

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 347-366

  Ramamoorthy, Nagarajan ^a   Flood, Patrick C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON VICTORIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Collectivism; Individualism; Task interdependence; Teamwork attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942679149     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726704043274     Document Type: Article

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