Expatriate career support: Predicting expatriate turnover and performance

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 831-845

  van der Heijden, Johannes A V ^a   van Engen, Marloes L ^a   Paauwe, Jaap ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Career support; Expatriate; Inpatriate; Performance; Turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651008685     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190902770745     Document Type: Article

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