Motivations, expectations, and experiences of expatriate
academic staff on an international branch campus in China

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Motivations, expectations, and experiences of expatriate academic staff on an international branch campus in China

This article explores the experiences of non-Chinese academic staff working on an international branch campus in China. The article presents findings from an interview study that explored the expectations of expatriate staff and what motivated them to want to work abroad. The second part of the arti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Cai, Li, Hall, Chris
Format:	Article
Published:	Sage 2016
Subjects:	internationalization of higher education (IHE) international branch campus (IBC) international academic staff (IAS) staff development
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32038/

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