Cultural Intelligence and International Assignment Effectiveness: A Conceptual Model and Preliminary Findings

Handbook of Cultural Intelligence: Theory, Measurement, and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 71-90

  Kim, Kwanghyun ^a   Kirkman, Bradley L ^a   Chen, Gilad ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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