Religious dimensions and work obligation: A country institutional profile model

Human Relations

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 119-148

  Praveen Parboteeah, K ^a   Hoegl, Martin ^b   Cullen, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

^b WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative and cross cultural management; Country institutional profile; Job employee attitudes; Management; Religion; Strategic and international anagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 58449105106     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726708099515     Document Type: Article

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