The Attitudinal and Behavioral Openness Scale: Scale development and construct validation

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-46

  Caligiuri, Paula M ^a   Jacobs, Rick R ^b   Farr, James L ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural sensitivity; Diversity; Expatriates; Global assignments; Openness; Personality assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033634609     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0147-1767(99)00021-8     Document Type: Article

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