How much does national culture constrain organizational culture?

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 241-259

  Barry, Gerhart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural studies; Culture; Human resource management; Organizational behaviour; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350276512     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8784.2008.00117.x     Document Type: Article

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