Australian expatriates in Thailand: Some insights for expatriate management policies

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 598-623

  Clegg, Brett ^a   Gray, Sidney J ^b  

^a Australian Financial Review   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian expatriates; Expatriate management; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142243734     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190110092802     Document Type: Article

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