The meaning of job performance in collectivistic and high power distance cultures: Evidence from three Latin American countries

Cross Cultural Management

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 407-426

  Varela, Otmar E ^a   Salgado, Elvira I ^b   Lasio, Maria V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^c ESCUELA SUPERIOR POLITÉCNICA DEL LITORAL   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Colombia; Ecuador; Employee behaviour; Performance management; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751541911     PISSN: 13527606     EISSN: 17586089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527601011086603     Document Type: Article

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