Cross-cultural training: A critical step in ensuring the success of international assignments

Human Resource Management

Volumn 39, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 239-250

  Bennett, Rita ^a,b   Aston, Anne ^a   Colquhoun, Tracy ^a  

^a Bennett Group   (United States)

^b Inst for Intl Human Resources

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EID: 0034370332     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-050X(200022/23)39:2/3<239::AID-HRM12>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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