Cross-cultural variations in climate for autonomy, stress and organizational productivity relationships: A comparison of Chinese and UK manufacturing organizations

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1343-1358

  Hirst, Giles ^a   Budhwar, Pawan ^b   Cooper, Brian K ^a   West, Michael ^b   Long, Chen ^c   Chongyuan, Xu ^d   Shipton, Helen ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^d Jiangsu Wuxi Economic Development Zone   (China)

Author keywords

Asia; Cross cultural research measurement issues; Multilevel analysis; Organizational climate; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749121936     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2008.50     Document Type: Article

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