Self-directed expatriation: Family matters

Personnel Review

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 469-486

  Richardson, Julia ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Career planning; Expatriates; Family; Job mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745436659     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480610670616     Document Type: Review

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