Repatriation readjustment of international managers: An empirical analysis of HRD interventions

Career Development International

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 456-475

  Osman Gani, A Ahad M ^a   Hyder, Akmal S ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Career development; Expatriates; Human resource development; Singapore; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 49649108230     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430810891473     Document Type: Article

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