Expatriate adjustment and performance revisited

Handbook of Research in International Human Resource Management, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 271-292

  Lazarova, Mila B ^a   Thomas, David C ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.4337/9781849809191.00020     Document Type: Chapter

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