Previous international experience, cross-cultural training, and expatriates' cross-cultural adjustment: Effects of cultural intelligence and goal orientation

Human Resource Development Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 285-330

  Koo Moon, Hyoung ^a   Kwon Choi, Byoung ^b   Shik Jung, Jae ^c  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b LG Economic Research Institute   (South Korea)

^c Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co Ltd   (South Korea)

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EID: 84866462994     PISSN: 10448004     EISSN: 15321096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrdq.21131     Document Type: Article

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