Regional Cultural Differences Within European Countries: Evidence from Multi-Country Surveys

Management International Review

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 825-852

  Kaasa, Anneli ^a   Vadi, Maaja ^a   Varblane, Urmas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Cultural differences; Europe; Hofstede; Regions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911394565     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: 18618901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-014-0223-6     Document Type: Article

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