Culture shock in China?: Adjustment pattern of western expatriate business managers

International Business Review

Volumn 8, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 515-534

  Selmer, Jan ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0007297850     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0969-5931(99)00018-9     Document Type: Article

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