Attitudinal outcomes of boundary permeability: A comparison of Australian and Singaporean employees

Cross Cultural Management

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 118-134

  Loh, Jennifer ^a   Restubog, Simon Lloyd D ^b   Gallois, Cindy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Cross cultural studies; Employee behaviour; Multinational companies; Singapore

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952048488     PISSN: 13527606     EISSN: 17586089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527601021038697     Document Type: Article

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