The Influence of Values in Organizations: Linking Values and Outcomes at Multiple Levels of Analysis

International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 2002

Volumn 17, Issue , 2008, Pages 217-263

  Maierhofer, Naomi I ^a   Kabanoff, Boris ^a   Griffin, Mark A ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Multinational values; Psychology; Scaling technique; Value structure; Values research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948751367     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470696392.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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