Cultural impact of human resource practices on job satisfaction: A global study across 48 countries

Cross Cultural Management

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 55-77

  Andreassi, Jeanine Karin ^a   Lawter, Leanna ^a   Brockerhoff, Martin ^b   Rutigliano, Peter J ^c  

^a SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Technica LLC   (United States)

^c Sirota Survey Intelligence   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Employee attitudes; Human resource practices; Job satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897841822     PISSN: 13527606     EISSN: 17586089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/CCM-05-2012-0044     Document Type: Article

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