Management practices for on-site consultants: Lessons learned from the expatriate experience

Consulting Psychology Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-29

  Fisher, Sandra L ^a   Wasserman, Michael E ^a   Palthe, Jennifer ^b  

^a CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consultants; Contingent workers; Expatriate employees; Human resource practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947691726     PISSN: 10659293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1065-9293.59.1.17     Document Type: Article

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