The effects of acculturation on commitment to the parent company and the foreign operation

International Business Review

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 519-535

  Jun, Sunkyu ^a   Lee, Sunkoo ^b   Gentry, James W ^c  

^a Hannam University   (South Korea)

^b Vital Consulting Co   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Expatriate; Korea; Organizational commitment; Overseas assignments

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031498374     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0969-5931(97)00019-x     Document Type: Review

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