Expatriate adjustment and commitment: The role of host-unit treatment

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 783-807

  Florkowski, Gary W ^a   Fogel, Daniel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Expatriate; Host ethnocentrism; Organizational commitment; Work adjustment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001597204     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095851999340152     Document Type: Article

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