Assisting cross-border manager adjustment: Psycho-cultural and socio-cultural interventions

Personnel Review

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 225-245

  Fish, Alan ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cross cultural management; Expatriates; Personnel psychology; Social dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844430570     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480510579448     Document Type: Article

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