Adjustment of third country national expatriates in China

Asia Pacific Business Review

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 101-117

  Selmer, Jan ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR SUPPLY; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; NATIONAL IDENTITY;

CHINA;

EID: 0037931532     PISSN: 13602381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713999182     Document Type: Article

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