Measuring national culture: does gender matter?

Women in Management Review

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 233-243

  Stedham, Yvonne E ^a   Yamamura, Jeanne H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Japan; National cultures; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993065067     PISSN: 09649425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09649420410545953     Document Type: Review

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