The interaction of expatriate pay differential and expatriate inputs on host country nationals' pay unfairness

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2135-2149

  Bonache, Jaime ^a   Sanchez, Juan I ^b   Zárraga Oberty, Celia ^c  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Equity theory; Expatriate management; Fairness; International assignments; International compensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350757595     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190903178062     Document Type: Article

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