Career development for host country nationals: A case of American and Japanese multinational companies in Vietnam

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1402-1420

  Vo, Anne Ngoc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Career development; Host country nationals; Multinational companies; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249101836     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190902909905     Document Type: Article

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