Managerial willingness to assume traveling, short-term and long-term global assignments

Management International Review

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 359-387

  Konopaske, Robert ^a   Robie, Chet ^b   Ivancevich, John M ^c  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Expatriate; Global assignments; Short term; Spouses Significant others; Willingness to relocate

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449502841     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-009-0147-8     Document Type: Article

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