When elephants fight, the grass gets trampled: The GLOBE and Hofstede projects

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 915-921

  Smith, Peter B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dimensions of national culture and GLOBE project; Levels of analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750866450     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400235     Document Type: Review

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