Munificence of parent corporate contexts and expatriate cross-cultural training in China

Asia Pacific Business Review

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-51

  Selmer, Jan ^a  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

China; Corporate contexts; Cross cultural training

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; TRAINING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 32144447678     PISSN: 13602381     EISSN: 1743792X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13602380500337002     Document Type: Article

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