The impact of culture on Chinese employees' work values

Personnel Review

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 763-780

  Jaw, Bih Shiaw ^a   Ling, Ya Hui ^b   Wang, Christina Yu Ping ^c   Chang, Wen Ching ^d  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d PROVIDENCE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Australia; China; Employee attitudes; National cultures; Self development; Social values

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548244002     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480710774034     Document Type: Article

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