US managers' willingness to accept a global assignment: Do expatriate benefits and assignment length make a difference?

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1159-1175

  Konopaske, Robert ^a   Werner, Steve ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Expatriate benefits; Expectancy theory; Short and long term global assignments

Indexed keywords

EID: 24644463751     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190500143998     Document Type: Article

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