Expatriates' psychological withdrawal from international assignments: Work, nonwork, and family influences

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-118

  Shaffer, Margaret A ^b   Harrison, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0032017849     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.1998.tb00717.x     Document Type: Article

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