Chinese host country nationals' willingness to support expatriates: The role of collectivism, interpersonal affect and guanxi

International Journal of Cross Cultural Management

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 199-216

  Varma, Arup ^a   Pichler, Shaun ^b,e   Budhwar, Pawan ^c   Biswas, Soumendu ^d,f  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Xavier Institute of Social Service   (India)

^e CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Expatriates; Host country nationals; Role information; Social categorization; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 68849130390     PISSN: 14705958     EISSN: 17412838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470595808101155     Document Type: Article

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