When selection ratios are high: Predicting the expatriation willingness of prospective domestic entry-level job applicants

Human Performance

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-22

  Mol, Stefan T ^a   Born, Marise Ph ^b   Willemsen, Madde E ^c   Van Der Molen, Henk T ^b   Derous, Eva ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c GITP International BV

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EID: 60849130149     PISSN: 08959285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08959280802540437     Document Type: Article

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