The repatriation process - A realistic approach

Career Development International

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 264-281

  Hyder, Akmal S ^a   Lövblad, Mikael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Employee attitudes; Employee relations; Human resource management; Retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249073711     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430710745890     Document Type: Article

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