Collectivism, Cultural Identity and Employee Mental Health: A Study of New Zealand Māori

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1143-1160

  Brougham, David ^a   Haar, Jarrod M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Collectivism; Cultural identity; Depression; Interactions; M ori employees

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84886751407     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-012-0194-6     Document Type: Article

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