Brain drain: Inclination to stay abroad after studies

Journal of World Business

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-112

  Baruch, Yehuda ^a   Budhwar, Pawan S ^b   Khatri, Naresh ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain drain; Labor markets' mobility; Management education

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846377800     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2006.11.004     Document Type: Article

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