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The impact of cultural intelligence on communication effectiveness, job satisfaction and anxiety for Chinese host country managers working for foreign multinationals

Joost J.L.E. BückerInstitute for Management Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Olivier FurrerUniversity of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
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Erik PoutsmaInstitute for Management Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Dirk BuyensVlerick Business School, and Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
Pages 2068-2087 | Published online: 10 Jan 2014

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