The protean approach to managing repatriation transitions

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 597-616

  O'sullivan, Sharon Leiba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Career development; Personality; Staff turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036914373     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720210450789     Document Type: Article

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