Career interrupted? The case of the self-directed expatriate

Journal of World Business

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 409-420

  Richardson, Julia ^a   Mallon, Mary ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Academia; Agency; Career; Higher education; International mobility; Self directed expatriation; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644577033     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2005.08.008     Document Type: Article

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