Developing criteria for expatriate effectiveness: Time to jump off the adjustment bandwagon

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 339-353

  Mol, Stefan T ^a   Born, Marise Ph ^a   van der Molen, Henk T ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Bandwidth; Criteria; Expatriate; Fidelity; Performance; Selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 23344439858     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2005.05.004     Document Type: Article

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