An empirical examination of reward preferences within and across national settings

Management International Review

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 573-596

  Chiang, Flora F T ^a   Birtch, Thomas A ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Employee preferences; International reward management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947499835     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-006-0116-4     Document Type: Article

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