An investigation of the willingness of managerial employees to accept an expatriate assignment

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 267-283

  Aryee, Samuel ^a   Chay, Yue Wah ^b   Chew, Juniper ^b  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 0030131713     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1379(199605)17:3<267::AID-JOB748>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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