Expatriation outside the boundaries of the multinational corporation: A study with expatriate nurses in Saudi Arabia

Human Resource Management

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 111-134

  Bozionelos, Nikos ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absenteeism withdrawal; Attitudes; Careers; Expatriate success; Female dominated; Gender diversity; International HRM; Mentoring; Satisfaction; Self initiated expatriates; Turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 59449101456     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20269     Document Type: Article

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