Methodological and Substantive Issues in Conducting Multinational and Cross-Cultural Research

Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior

Volumn 2, Issue , 2015, Pages 101-131

  Spector, Paul E ^a   Liu, Cong ^b   Sanchez, Juan I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cross cultural research; measurement equivalence; multinational research; research design; response style

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960352022     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23270608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-032414-111310     Document Type: Review

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