Individualism-collectivism orientation and employee attitudes: A comparison of employees from the high-technology sector in India and Ireland

Journal of International Management

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 187-203

  Ramamoorthy, Nagarajan ^a   Kulkarni, Subodh P ^b   Gupta, Amit ^c   Flood, Patrick C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON VICTORIA   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Collectivism; Effort; Employee attitudes; India; Individualism; Ireland; Organizational commitment; Tenure intent; Work attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249810329     PISSN: 10754253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intman.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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