Islamic work ethic in Kuwait

Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 93-104

  Ali, Abbas J ^a   Al Kazemi, Ali A ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Expatriates; Islam; Kuwait; Managers; Work ethic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986180636     PISSN: 13527606     EISSN: 17586089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527600710745714     Document Type: Article

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