Response Style Differences in Cross-National Research: Dispositional and Situational Determinants

Management International Review

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 341-363

  Harzing, Anne Wil ^a   Brown, Michelle ^a   Köster, Kathrin ^b   Zhao, Shuming ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b HEILBRONN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Australia; China; Culture; Germany; Response styles; Survey research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863498897     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-011-0111-2     Document Type: Article

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