Work orientation as an element of national culture and its impact on HRM policy-practice design choices: Lessons from Sri Lanka

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 564-589

  Chandrakumara, Anil ^a   Sparrow, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Human resource management; National cultures; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

EID: 8844263798     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720410560451     Document Type: Article

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