Causes and consequences of declining early departures from foreign assignments

Business Horizons

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 39-48

  Insch, Gary S ^a   Daniels, John D ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

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EID: 0036838382     PISSN: 00076813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-6813(02)00259-8     Document Type: Article

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