The relative importance of motives for international self-initiated mobility

Career Development International

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 441-464

  Thorn, Kaye ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 70350303272     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430910989843     Document Type: Article

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