An Exploratory Investigation of Organizational Values in the United States and India

Journal of Transnational Management Development

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 87-111

  Gopalan, Suresh ^a   Dixon, Rolf ^a  

^a WEST TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross national management; Crossvergence; Organizational values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937273592     PISSN: 10686061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J130v02n02_06     Document Type: Article

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