A cross-cultural investigation of work values among young executives in China and the USA

Cross Cultural Management

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 283-298

  Pan, Yue ^a   Song, Xuebao ^b   Goldschmidt, Ayalla ^c   French, Warren ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b Tsinghua University   (China)

^c IBM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Collectivism; Confucianism; Employee attitudes; Individual behaviour; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952052033     PISSN: 13527606     EISSN: 17586089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527601011068379     Document Type: Article

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