The supportive expatriate spouse: An ethnographic study of spouse involvement in expatriate careers

International Business Review

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-69

  Lauring, Jakob ^a   Selmer, Jan ^a  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ethnographic study; Expatriate careers; Supportive expatriate spouses

Indexed keywords

EID: 74849119949     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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