Organizational expatriates and self-initiated expatriates: Differences in cross-cultural adjustment and job satisfaction

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1953-1967

  Froese, Fabian Jintae ^a   Peltokorpi, Vesa ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cross cultural adjustment; Japan; job satisfaction; organizational expatriate; self initiated expatriate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876991894     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2012.725078     Document Type: Article

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