Exploring expatriates' behavioural reaction to institutional injustice on host country level

Personnel Review

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 178-194

  Forstenlechner, Ingo ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Expatriates; Justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 75649090454     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483481011017408     Document Type: Article

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