Expatriate compensation: An exploratory review of salient contextual factors and common practices

Career Development International

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 98-108

  Sims, Robert H ^a   Schraeder, Mike ^b,c  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TROY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Expatriates; Pay; Remuneration

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844402612     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430510588301     Document Type: Review

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