Coming home to the arctic cold: Antecedents to finnish expatriate and spouse repatriation adjustment

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 635-654

  Gregersen, Hal B ^a   Stroh, Linda K ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0039923796     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.1997.tb00708.x     Document Type: Article

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