Career issues and international adjustment of business expatriates

Career Development International

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 77-87

  Selmer, Jan ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Careers; Expatriates; International trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001936353     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620439910254687     Document Type: Article

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