Realigning international careers - a more strategic focus

Career Development International

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 99-110

  Fish, Alan ^a   Wood, Jack ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0141527922     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620439710163707     Document Type: Article

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