An empirical analysis of measurement equivalence with the indcol measure of individualism and collectivism: Implications for valid cross-cultural inference

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-99

  Robert, Christopher ^a,d   Lee, Wayne C ^b   Chan, Kim Yin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Valtera Corporation   (United States)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d 329 Cornell Hall ^*  (United States)

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EID: 33645112908     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: 17446570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2006.00804.x     Document Type: Article

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