A multilevel investigation of motivational cultural intelligence, organizational diversity climate, and cultural sales: Evidence from U.S. real estate firms

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 93-106

  Chen, Xiao Ping ^a   Liu, Dong ^b   Portnoy, Rebecca ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural sales; Diversity climate; Motivational cultural intelligence; Multilevel

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859363570     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024697     Document Type: Article

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