Cross-cultural management and bicultural identity integration: When does experience abroad lead to appropriate cultural switching?

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 130-139

  Friedman, Ray ^a   Liu, Wu ^b   Chi, Shu Cheng Steve ^c   Hong, Ying Yi ^d   Sung, Li Kuo ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bicultural; Bicultural identity integration; Foreign experience; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863140574     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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