Cross-cultural differences concerning heavy work investment

Cross-Cultural Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 309-319

  Snir, Raphael ^a   Harpaz, Itzhak ^b  

^a ACADEMIC COLLEGE OF TEL AVIV YAFFO   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Heavy work investment; Masculinity; Mastery value; Survival self expression values; Workaholism

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350500170     PISSN: 10693971     EISSN: 15523578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069397109336988     Document Type: Article

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