Scenario-based scales measuring cultural orientations of business owners

Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 211-239

  König, Christine ^a   Steinmetz, Holger ^a   Frese, Michael ^a   Rauch, Andreas ^a   Wang, Zhong Ming ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Business owners; Cultural orientations; Scenario based scales

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847373371     PISSN: 09369937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00191-006-0047-z     Document Type: Article

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