Women and international assignments: Taking stock - A 25-year review

Human Resource Management

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 199-216

  Altman, Yochanan ^a   Shortland, Susan ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 49049094409     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20208     Document Type: Review

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