A proposed model of expatriates in multinational corporations

Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 176-193

  Liu, Ching Hsiang ^a   Lee, Hung Wen ^b  

^a NATIONAL FORMOSA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cross cultural studies; Expatriates; Globalization; Multinational companies; Taiwan; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986077069     PISSN: 13527606     EISSN: 17586089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527600810870615     Document Type: Article

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