Repatriation: Empirical evidence from a longitudinal study of careers and expectations among Finnish expatriates

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1132-1151

  Suutari, Vesa ^a   Brewster, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Careers; Expatriate management; Expectations; International assignment; Repatriation

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; PERCEPTION;

FINLAND;

EID: 0345149361     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0958519032000114200     Document Type: Article

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