Influences on expatriate social networks in China

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 790-809

  Chiu, Ya Ping ^a   Wu, Melien ^b   Zhuang, Wen Long ^c   Hsu, Ying Yu ^c  

^a VANUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Expatriate; Expressive ties; Instrumental ties; Social network

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651071004     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190902770703     Document Type: Article

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