Are country and culture values interchangeable?: A case example using occupational stress and coping

International Journal of Cross Cultural Management

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 205-219

  Sawang, Sukanlaya ^a   Oei, Tian P S ^b   Goh, Yong Wah ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collectivism; Individualism; Occupational stress; Transactional model of coping

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849112708     PISSN: 14705958     EISSN: 17412838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470595806066330     Document Type: Article

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