Hotel expatriate managers in China: Selection criteria, important skills and knowledge, repatriation concerns, and causes of failure

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 309-321

  Feng, Feng ^a   Pearson, Thomas E ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Expatriate failure; Expatriate management; Repatriation; Selection criteria

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033192324     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0278-4319(99)00031-6     Document Type: Article

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