Desperate housewives - Social and professional isolation of German expatriated spouses

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 951-968

  Kupka, Bernd ^a   Cathro, Virginia ^a  

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Author keywords

Expatriated spouses; Social support network; Spouse career

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447313405     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190701320908     Document Type: Article

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