The role of political competence in global assignments of expatriate managers

Journal of International Management

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 389-406

  Harvey, Michael ^a   Novicevic, Milorad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Competency based view; Emerging countries; Expatriate manager; Global assignments; Political competence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036426984     PISSN: 10754253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1075-4253(02)00093-5     Document Type: Article

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