A discussion on international assignments performance and the constructing mechanism of career success development

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1487-1502

  Kreng, Victor B ^a   Huang, May Yao ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Career development; Case study; International assignment; Resource based viewpoint; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349746886     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190902983330     Document Type: Article

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