A cross-cultural perspective on aggressiveness in the workplace: A comparison between Jews and Arabs in Israel

Cross-Cultural Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-45

  Galin, Amira ^a   Avraham, Shani ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cultural communication; Culture; Direct aggression; Emotion expression; High collectivism; Indirect aggression; Israeli Arabs; Israeli Jews; Low collectivism; Power distance

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149488686     PISSN: 10693971     EISSN: 15523578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069397108326273     Document Type: Article

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