Gender, culture and non-financial employment commitment in Great Britain and Sweden

European Societies

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-96

  Hult, Carl ^a,b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Culture; Employment commitment; Gender; Preferences; Work goals; Work rewards; Work values

Indexed keywords

EID: 37248998787     PISSN: 14616696     EISSN: 14698307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616690701592573     Document Type: Article

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