Work values of Turkish and American university students

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 205-223

  Karakitapoǧlu Aygün, Zahide ^a   Arslan, Mahmut ^b   Güney, Salih ^c  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c TURKISH MILITARY ACADEMY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cultural differences; Masculine, feminine and entrepreneurship values; Religiosity; The Protestant work ethic; Work values

Indexed keywords

EID: 43949120456     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-007-9413-5     Document Type: Article

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