International careers of Indian workers in Tokyo: Examination and future directions

Career Development International

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 148-168

  Agullo, Bernat ^a   Egawa, Midori ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Careers; Employee behaviour; Expatriates; India; Japan; Migrant workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549135349     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430910950755     Document Type: Article

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