Emotional intelligence as predictor of cultural adjustment for success in global assignments

Career Development International

Volumn 10, Issue 5 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 375-395

  Gabel, Racheli Shmueli ^a   Dolan, Shimon L ^a   Cerdin, Jean Luc ^b  

^a ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b ESSEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Cross cultural management; Globalization; Human resource strategies; Intelligence; International business; Senior managers

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744458310     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430510615300     Document Type: Article

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