Work-related attitudes, values and radical change in post-socialist contexts: A comparative study

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 181-189

  Alas, Ruth ^a   Rees, Christopher J ^b  

^a ESTONIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Capitalist; Change; Commitment; Ethics; Job satisfaction; Socialist; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750327962     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9065-x     Document Type: Article

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