An investigation of expatriate adjustment and performance: A social capital perspective

International Journal of Cross Cultural Management

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 235-254

  Liu, Xiangyang ^a   Shaffer, Margaret A ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Expatriate adjustment; Expatriate performance; Host country nationals; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847174961     PISSN: 14705958     EISSN: 17412838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470595805058411     Document Type: Article

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