The complexities of expatriate adaptation

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 160-180

  Haslberger, Arno ^a,b,c  

^a PEF Priv University for Management   (Austria)

^b HULT INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Chaos; Complexity; Cross cultural adaptation; Culture shock; Expatriates

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844548305     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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