Newcomers abroad: Expatriate adaptation during early phases of international assignments

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 280-300

  Firth, Brady M ^a   Chen, Gilad ^a   Kirkman, Bradley L ^b   Kim, Kwanghyun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

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EID: 84900412783     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2011.0574     Document Type: Article

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