Cultural novelty and adjustment: Western business expatriates in China

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1209-1222

  Selmer, Jan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

China; Cultural novelty; Difficulty to adjust; Sociocultural adjustment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748342327     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190600756475     Document Type: Article

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