A quantitative approach to national culture and employment law

Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 263-277

  Mentzer, Marc S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Culture; Employment law; Hofstede; World Values Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748971029     PISSN: 08927545     EISSN: 15733378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10672-007-9052-0     Document Type: Article

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