The impact of organizational and leader-member support on expatriate commitment

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1035-1048

  Liu, Yuwen ^a   Ipe, Minu ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Expatriates; LMX; Organizational commitment; Perceived organizational support

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953901728     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585191003783496     Document Type: Article

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