The management of New Zealand expatriates in China

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1298-1313

  Seak, Nareid ^a   Enderwick, Peter ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

China; Expatriates; New Zealand managers

Indexed keywords

EID: 48249095526     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190802110109     Document Type: Article

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