Expatriate success may depend on a "learning orientation": Considerations for selection and training

Human Resource Management

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-60

  Porter, Gayle ^a   Tansky, Judith W ^a  

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EID: 0038929398     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-050X(199921)38:1<47::AID-HRM5>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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