Taiwan Chinese managers' personality: Is Confucian influence on the wane?

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1108-1123

  Wong, Amy Lai Yu ^a   Shaw, Graham H ^b   Ng, David K C ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese personality; Confucian values; CPAI; Economic reforms; Globalization; Taiwan managers

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953881562     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585191003783546     Document Type: Article

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