The impact of international assignments on expatriates' identity and career aspirations: Reflections upon re-entry

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 320-329

  Kohonen, Eeva ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Career aspirations; Identity; International assignments; Narratives; Subjective career

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749150908     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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