The relationship between job satisfaction and national culture

TQM Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 369-378

  Eskildsen, Jacob ^a   Kristensen, Kai ^a   Antvor, Henrik Gjesing ^b  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

^b Ennova A/S Aarhus   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; National cultures

Indexed keywords

CROSS-NATIONAL; CULTURAL DIMENSIONS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MANAGERIAL ACTIONS; MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS; MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES; NATIONAL CULTURES; ORGANIZATIONAL UNITS; PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; SAMPLE SIZES; THEORETICAL EXPLANATION;

JOB SATISFACTION;

EID: 77953600532     PISSN: 17542731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17542731011053299     Document Type: Article

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