Defining, measuring, and comparing organisational cultures

Applied Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 570-582

  Van Den Berg, Peter T ^a   Wilderom, Celeste P M ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 4644326656     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2004.00189.x     Document Type: Review

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