The view from the field: A case study of the expatriate boundary-spanning role

Journal of World Business

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-40

  Johnson, Karen L ^a   Duxbury, Linda ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boundary spanning; Case study research; Expatriate assignment; Expatriate performance; Organizational adaptation; Role theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449629323     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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