Mentoring across global boundaries: An empirical examination of home- and host-country mentors on expatriate career outcomes

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1310-1326

  Carraher, Shawn M ^a   Sullivan, Sherry E ^b   Crocitto, Madeline M ^c  

^a CAMERON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Career outcomes; Expatriate effectiveness; Multiple mentors

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749124991     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400407     Document Type: Article

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