Employee creativity and motivation in the Chinese context: The moderating role of organizational culture

Cornell Hospitality Quarterly

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-134

  Hon, Alice H Y ^a   Leung, Alicia S M ^b  

^a THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

creativity; culture; hotel; motives; People's Republic of China; person culture fit

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955105798     PISSN: 19389655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1938965511403921     Document Type: Article

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