The expatriate family: An international perspective

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 324-346

  Haslberger, Arno ^a,c   Brewster, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c HULT INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross cultural studies; Expatriates; Family; Sociology of work

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749097462     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940810861400     Document Type: Article

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