Four tigers and the dragon: Values differences, similarities, and consensus

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 305-320

  Chia, Ho Beng ^a   Egri, Carolyn P ^b   Ralston, David A ^c   Fu, Ping Ping ^d   Kuo, Min Hsun Christine ^e   Lee, Chay Hoon ^f   Li, Yongyuan ^g   Moon, Yong Lin ^h  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^g INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^h Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asian tigers; China; Cross cultural values

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547318698     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-006-9033-0     Document Type: Article

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