The impact of international experience on the career success of managers;Die bedeutung internationaler erfahrungen für den karriereerfolg von führungskräften

Zeitschrift fur Personalforschung

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 336-356

  Biemann, Torsten ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Career; Career success; Expatriation; International experience; Repatriation

Indexed keywords

EID: 76849117702     PISSN: 01796437     EISSN: 18620000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1688/1862-0000_ZfP_2009_04_Biemann     Document Type: Article

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