The cultural Mosaic: A metatheory for understanding the complexity of culture

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1128-1140

  Chao, Georgia T ^a,c,d   Moon, Henry ^b,c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaos; Complexity; Cultural mosaic; Culture; Organizational behavior

Indexed keywords

COOPERATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 29444438617     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.90.6.1128     Document Type: Review

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