Disruptive decisions to leave home: Gender and family differences in expatriation choices

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 183-200

  Tharenou, Phyllis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Global mobility; Global talent; Interest in international career; International careers; International relocation; Job search abroad; Willingness to relocate abroad or internationally

Indexed keywords

EID: 39749145798     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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