Culture: organisations, personalities and nations. Gerhard Fink interviews Geert Hofstede

European Journal of International Management

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 180-198

  Hofstede, Geert ^a   Fink, Gerhard ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

cultural dimensions; national culture; organisational culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969450488     PISSN: 17516757     EISSN: 17516765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ejim.2007.012914     Document Type: Article

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