Cross-cultural social intelligence: An assessment for employees working in cross-national contexts

Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 109-130

  Evelina Ascalon, Ma ^a   Schleicher, Deidra J ^b   Born, Marise Ph ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Cross cultural management; Cross cultural studies; Expatriates; Selection; Social environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986099114     PISSN: 13527606     EISSN: 17586089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527600810870570     Document Type: Article

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