The expatriate-creativity hypothesis: A longitudinal field test

Human Relations

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1515-1538

  Fee, Anthony ^a   Gray, Sidney J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

creative thinking abilities; creativity; cultural adaptation; cultural adjustment; expatriate; expatriate creativity hypothesis; longitudinal research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870040411     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726712454900     Document Type: Article

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