Coping strategies applied by Western vs overseas Chinese business expatriates in China

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 19-34

  Selmer, Jan ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Coping strategies; Overseas Chinese expatriates; Problem focused; Symptom focused

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347997522     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190110092767     Document Type: Article

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