Individualism-collectivism as a moderator of the work demands-strains relationship: A cross-level and cross-national examination

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 424-443

  Yang, Liu Qin ^a   Spector, Paul E ^b   Sanchez, Juan I ^c   Allen, Tammy D ^b   Poelmans, Steven ^d   Cooper, Cary L ^e   Lapierre, Laurent M ^f   O'Driscoll, Michael P ^g   Abarca, Nureya ^h   Alexandrova, Matilda ⁱ   Antoniou, Alexandros Stamatios ^j   Beham, Barbara ^k   Brough, Paula ^l   Arikçi, Ilker ^m   Ferreiro, Pablo ⁿ   Fraile, Guillermo ^o   Geurts, Sabine ^p   Kinnunen, Ulla ^q   Lu, Chang Qin ^r   Lu, Luo ^s   Moreno Velázquez, Ivonne F ^t   Pagon, Milan ^u   Pitariu, Horea ^v   Salamatov, Volodymyr ^w   Siu, Oi Ling ^x   Shima, Satoru ^y   Schulmeyer, Marion K ^z   Tillemann, Kati ^aa   Widerszal Bazyl, Maria ^ab   Woo, Jong Min ^ac   more..

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EADA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^e LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^h PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NATIONAL AND WORLD ECONOMY   (Bulgaria)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^k HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^l GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^m SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

ⁿ UNIVERSIDAD DE PIURA   (Peru)

^o UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL   (Argentina)

^p RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^q TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^r PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^s NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^t UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^u AL GHURAIR UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^v BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^w National Academy of Public Administration Kyiv   (Ukraine)

^x LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^y Kyoto Bunkyo University   (Japan)

^z Private University of Santa Cruz of the Sierra   (Bolivia)

^aa ESTONIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Estonia)

^ab CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR LABOUR PROTECTION NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^ac Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

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Author keywords

cross cultural management; cross cultural research measurement issues; cultural values; multilevel analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860826494     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2011.58     Document Type: Article

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