Exploring inpatriate manager issues: An exploratory empirical study

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 339-371

  Harvey, Michael G ^a   Miceli, Nicholas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Inpatriation; Mnc multiculturalism; Relocation of managers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033130631     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-1767(99)00001-2     Document Type: Article

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