Organizational attractiveness is in the eye of the beholder: The interaction of demographic characteristics with foreignness

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 666-686

  Newburry, William ^a   Gardberg, Naomi A ^b   Belkin, Liuba Y ^a  

^a RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographic movement capital; Employment; Internationalization; Liability of foreignness

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747686062     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400218     Document Type: Article

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