International adjusment of female vs male business expatriates

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1117-1131

  Selmer, Jan ^a   Leung, Alicia S M ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Female and male expatriates; Hong Kong

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; GENDER DISPARITY; GLOBALIZATION;

CHINA;

EID: 0345581226     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0958519032000114237     Document Type: Article

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