Barriers and paths to success: Latin American MBAs' views of employment in Canada

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 159-176

  Hakak, Luciana Turchick ^a   Holzinger, Ingo ^a   Zikic, Jelena ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Central America; Discrimination; Employment; Immigrants; Master of business administration

Indexed keywords

EID: 76449096931     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683941011019366     Document Type: Article

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