Exposing the symbolic capital of international assignments

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 301-320

  Doherty, N ^a   Dickmann, M ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career capital; Career development; International assignments; Symbolic capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849162091     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190802670664     Document Type: Article

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