Why do they go? Individual and corporate perspectives on the factors influencing the decision to accept an international assignment

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 731-751

  Dickmann, Michael ^a   Doherty, Noeleen ^a   Mills, Timothy ^a   Brewster, Chris ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Individual mobility influences; International HRM; International mobility; Organizational mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 43149083054     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190801953749     Document Type: Article

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