Western business expatriates' coping strategies in Hong Kong Vs the Chinese Mainland

Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 92-105

  Selmer, Jan ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Coping strategies; Cross cultural management; Expatriates in Hong Kong; Expatriates in mainland China

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348085317     PISSN: 10384111     EISSN: 17447941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/103841119903700208     Document Type: Article

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