An examination of factors affecting repatriates' turnover intentions

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 122-134

  Lee, Hung Wen ^a   Liu, Ching Hsiang ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL FORMOSA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Employee behaviour; Employee turnover; Expatriates; Job satisfaction; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249074746     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720710747956     Document Type: Article

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