A comparative study of hispanic-american and anglo-american cultural values and job choice preferences

Management Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-21

  Stone, Dianna L ^a   Johnson, Richard D ^a   Stone Romero, Eugene F ^a   Hartman, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anglo american; Cultural values; Hispanic american; Job choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250000396     PISSN: 15365433     EISSN: 15580946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/JMR1536-5433040101     Document Type: Article

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