The expatriate manager in China: A research note

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 80-86

  Selmer, Jan ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 10344234666     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 17488583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.1998.tb00161.x     Document Type: Article

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