Self-selection instead of selection by the employer? International assignments in the German chemical industry;Selbstselektion statt personalauswahl? Auslandsentsendungen in der Deutschen chemischen industrie

Zeitschrift fur Personalforschung

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 228-248

  Minssen, Heiner ^a   Schmidt, Susanne ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemical industry; Employee selection; Expatriates; International assignments; Rationality

Indexed keywords

EID: 76849087492     PISSN: 01796437     EISSN: 18620000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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