Cross-cultural training and its impact on expatriate performance in australian mnes

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 371-386

  Shen, Jie ^a   Lang, Brant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian multinational enterprises (MNEs); Cross cultural training (CCT); Expatriate failure; Multinational enterprises (MNEs); Short term assignment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960976462     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13678860903135763     Document Type: Article

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