The darker side of an international academic career

Career Development International

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 164-186

  Richardson, Julia ^a   Zikic, Jelena ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic staff; Careers; Expatriates; Labour mobility; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947161478     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430710733640     Document Type: Article

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