A quantitative needs assessment technique for cross-cultural work adjustment training

Human Resource Development Quarterly

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 269-281

  Selmer, Jan ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0344392341     PISSN: 10448004     EISSN: 15321096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1532-1096(200023)11:3<269::AID-HRDQ5>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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