Expatriates and the impact of cross-cultural training

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 63-78

  Forster, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 0242309181     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 17488583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2000.tb00027.x     Document Type: Article

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