Continuous learning: The influence of national institutional logics on training attitudes

Organization Science

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 280-296

  Luo, Xiaowei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross national research; Employee training; Individual attitudes; Institutional theory; Macro micro links

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247517400     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1060.0230     Document Type: Article

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