The impact of expatriate supporting practices and cultural intelligence on cross-cultural adjustment and performance of expatriates in Singapore

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 22, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2683-2702

  Wu, Pei Chuan ^a   Ang, Siah Hwee ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND BUSINESS SCHOOL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cross cultural adjustment; Cultural intelligence; Expatriate performance; Expatriate supporting practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052143596     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2011.599956     Document Type: Article

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