Who shall we send? Cultural and other influences on the rating of selection criteria for expatriate assignments

International Journal of Cross Cultural Management

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 21-36

  Franke, Johann ^a   Nicholson, Nigel ^a  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Expatriates; International management; Selection; Stereotyping

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042713637     PISSN: 14705958     EISSN: 17412838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470595802002001233     Document Type: Article

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