Cultural intelligence as a predictor of expatriate adjustment and performance in Malaysia

Journal of World Business

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 222-231

  Abdul Malek, Marlin ^a   Budhwar, Pawan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cultural intelligence; Expatriate adjustment; Malaysia; MNCs; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874292986     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2012.07.006     Document Type: Article

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