Career continuity among immigrant professionals: Russian engineers in Israel

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 701-721

  Remennick, Larissa ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Career continuity; Engineers; Israel; Russian migration

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; SKILLED LABOR;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0142228802     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369183032000123468     Document Type: Article

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