When learning is not enough: A process model of expatriate adjustment as cultural cognitive dissonance reduction

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 66-78

  Maertz Jr , Carl P ^a   Hassan, Ahmad ^b   Magnusson, Peter ^c  

^a John Cook School of Business   (United States)

^b and Real Estate   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive dissonance; Cross cultural adjustment process; Expatriate adjustment; Expatriate management; Expatriate withdrawal

Indexed keywords

EID: 57249105543     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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