Implications of short-term international assignments

European Management Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 663-673

  Tahvanainen, Marja ^a   Welch, Denice ^b   Worm, Verner ^c  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Assignment duration; Expatriates; HRM; International assignments; Short term assignments

Indexed keywords

EID: 30744478417     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2005.10.011     Document Type: Article

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