Evolving perceptions of Japanese workplace motivation: An employee-manager comparison

International Journal of Cross Cultural Management

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 87-104

  Brislin, Richard W ^a   MacNab, Brent ^b   Worthley, Reginald ^a   Kabigting Jr , Florencio ^c   Zukis, Bob ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Mergers and Acquisitions Group   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extrinsic; Herzberg; Intrinsic; Japan; Lifetime employability; Lifetime employment; Motivation; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750701105     PISSN: 14705958     EISSN: 17412838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470595805050829     Document Type: Article

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