Forgotten partners of international assignments: Development and test of a model of spouse adjustment

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 238-254

  Shaffer, Margaret A ^a   Harrison, David A ^b  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPOUSE; TRAVEL; WORK;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JOB DESCRIPTION; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; SPOUSES; TRAVEL;

EID: 85047684950     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.86.2.238     Document Type: Article

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