Determinants of intercultural adjustment among expatriate spouses

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 563-580

  Ali, Anees ^a   Van der Zee, Karen I ^b   Sanders, Geert ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Expatriate spouses; Expatriate work situation; Family factors; Intercultural adjustment; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041841450     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-1767(03)00054-3     Document Type: Article

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