Chapter 1
Introduction
Polish expatriates in a Chinese subsidiary of a Western European MNC
Article outline
- 1.0Introduction
- 1.1International assignments in a globalized world
- 1.1.1The international assignment from a company and expatriate perspective
- 1.1.2Determinants of a successful international assignment
- 1.1.3Costs of an expatriate’s failure
- 1.2Expatriation as a research domain
- 1.3Polish expatriates in a multilingual and multicultural business setting
- 1.3.1Purpose, aims, and scope of the research
- 1.3.2Research perspective on expatriates’ intercultural experiences
- 1.3.3The scene for expatriates’ intercultural interactions
- 1.3.4Contributions
- 1.4Structure of the book