Fitting in: Surface- and deep-level cultural differences and expatriates' adjustment

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 697-709

  Van Vianen, Annelies E M ^a,c   De Pater, Irene E ^a   Kristof Brown, Amy L ^b,d,e   Johnson, Erin C ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 8644271734     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/20159612     Document Type: Article

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