The importance of intelligent career and location considerations: Exploring the decision to go to London

Personnel Review

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 116-134

  Dickmann, Michael ^a   Mills, Tim ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Careers; Change management; Expatriates; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 72249091510     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483481011007896     Document Type: Article

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