How Can We Better Understand Current and Future Workforce Values in the Global Business Environment?

Thunderbird International Business Review

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 609-623

  Richards, Malika ^a   Egri, Carolyn P ^b,i   Ralston, David A ^c   Naoumova, Irina ^d   Casado, Tania ^e   Wangenheim, Florian V ^f   Hung, Vu Thanh ^g   Pekerti, Andre A ^h   Schroll Machl, Sylvia ^j  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^g NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^h UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

ⁱ XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^j NONE

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EID: 84865596830     PISSN: 10964762     EISSN: 15206874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tie.21488     Document Type: Article

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