The transferability of management practices: Examining cross-national differences in reward preferences

Human Relations

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1293-1330

  Chiang, Flora F T ^a   Birtch, Thomas ^b  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross national differences; Culture; International reward management; Reward preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748901887     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726707082849     Document Type: Article

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