Gender issues and family concerns for women with international careers: Female expatriates in Western multinational corporations in Taiwan

Women in Management Review

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 376-392

  Tzeng, Rueyling ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN STUDIES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Careers; Expatriates; Gender discrimination; International organisations; Multinational companies; Taiwan; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748291423     PISSN: 09649425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09649420610676190     Document Type: Article

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