Chinese paternalistic leadership and non-Chinese subordinates psychological health

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2533-2546

  Chen, Hao Yi ^a   Kao, Henry Shang Ren ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chinese paternalistic leadership; Cross cultural management; Psychological health

Indexed keywords

EID: 71649087590     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190903363839     Document Type: Article

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