The Tolerance for Ambiguity Scale: Towards a more refined measure for international management research

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 58-65

  Herman, Jeffrey L ^a   Stevens, Michael J ^b   Bird, Allan ^c   Mendenhall, Mark ^d   Oddou, Gary ^e  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural psychology; Individual differences; Scale development; Tolerance for ambiguity

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049110207     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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