Data equivalence in cross-cultural international business research: Assessment and guidelines

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1027-1044

  Hult, G Tomas M ^a   Ketchen, David J ^b   Griffith, David A ^a   Finnegan, Carol A ^c   Gonzalez Padron, Tracy ^a   Harmancioglu, Nukhet ^d   Huang, Ying ^e   Talay, M Berk ^f   Cavusgil, S Tamer ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Construct equivalence; Data collection equivalence; Data equivalence; Measurement equivalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 49949094881     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400396     Document Type: Article

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