Gender, family ties, and international mobility: Cultural distance matters

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 274-295

  Dupuis, Marie Josée ^a   Haines III, Victor Y ^a   Saba, Tania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cultural distance; Family; Gender; International expatriation; Social role theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 39749173679     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190701799846     Document Type: Article

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