Changing patterns of global staffing in the multinational enterprise: Challenges to the conventional expatriate assignment and emerging alternatives

Journal of World Business

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 198-213

  Collings, David G ^a   Scullion, Hugh ^b   Morley, Michael J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

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EID: 34147208213     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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