'Out of sight but still in the picture': Short-term international assignments and the influential role of family

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1421-1438

  Starr, Tina L ^a   Currie, Graeme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; Expatriate; Family; Repatriation; Short term assignment

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249115269     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190902909921     Document Type: Article

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