Women on international assignments

International Human Resource Management: A European Perspective: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 263-288

  Kollinger, Iris ^a   Linehan, Margaret ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^b Munster Technological University   (Ireland)

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EID: 77951246667     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203891391     Document Type: Chapter

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