Cultural distance and expatriate job satisfaction

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-60

  Froese, Fabian Jintae ^a   Peltokorpi, Vesa ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b HEC PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Cultural distance; Expatriates; Japan; Job satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650908657     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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