Adaptation to International assignments: Dimensionality and strategies to facilitate adjustment of expatriate managers in Turkey

Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 60-73

  Yavas, Ugur ^a  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Expatriates; Factor analysis; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 23344448086     PISSN: 13527606     EISSN: 17586089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527600110797245     Document Type: Article

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