Potential expats in Singaporean organizations

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 763-776

  Zhu, Weichun ^a,b   Luthans, Fred ^c   Chew, Irene K H ^d   Li, Cuifang ^c  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Expatriates; Family; Human resource management; Individual behaviour; Singapore

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747818914     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621710610684240     Document Type: Article

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