Managing spouse/partner preparation and adjustment:Developing a meaningful portable life

Personnel Review

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 445-466

  Fish, Alan ^a   Wood, Jack ^b  

^a Charles Sturt University   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Expatriates; Spouses

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986099192     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483489710188874     Document Type: Article

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