Work goals and societal value orientations of senior Indian managers – An empirical analysis

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 643-653

  Chatterjee, Samir R ^a   Pearson, Cecil A L ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

India; Managers; Sociology; Values; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986146470     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621710010373304     Document Type: Article

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