The impact of expatriate personality traits on cross-cultural adjustment: A study with expatriates in Japan

International Business Review

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 734-746

  Peltokorpi, Vesa ^a   Froese, Fabian J ^b  

^a JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cross cultural adjustment; Expatriate; Personality traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861185220     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2011.08.006     Document Type: Article

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