The antecedents of overseas adjustment and commitment of expatriates

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 296-313

  Lii, Sheng Ying ^a   Wong, Shu Yeng ^a  

^a DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Commitment; Emotional intelligence; Expatriate adjustment; Locus of control; Work role characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 39749198148     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190701799861     Document Type: Article

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