The country’s uncertainty avoidance measures as a predictor of the degree of formalisation applied by organisation in it: propositions for the European Union countries

Management Research News

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 34-45

  Rodrigues, C A ^a   Kaplan, E ^a  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

European Union; Formalization; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992943341     PISSN: 01409174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409179810781437     Document Type: Article

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