Improving national cultural indices using a longitudinal meta-analysis of Hofstede's dimensions

Journal of World Business

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 329-341

  Taras, Vas ^a   Steel, Piers ^b   Kirkman, Bradley L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural change; Culture; Hofstede; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860823942     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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