To move or not to move - a question of family?

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-45

  Lê, Jane K ^a   Tissington, Patrick A ^a   Budhwar, Pawan ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employee relocation; Family; Moving; Transience; Work family interface

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749096666     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190903466848     Document Type: Article

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