Exploring the role of the spouse in expatriate failure: A grounded theory-based investigation of expatriate' spouse adjustment issues from India

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 23, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 3559-3577

  Gupta, Ritu ^a   Banerjee, Pratyush ^b   Gaur, Jighyasu ^a  

^a IFHE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ICFAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

culture shock; expatriate failure; gender ideology; grounded theory; spouse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864697390     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2011.645052     Document Type: Article

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