Adjustment to hong kong: Us v european expatriates

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 83-93

  Selmer, Jan ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0347309123     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 17488583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.1999.tb00205.x     Document Type: Article

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