Understanding self- initiated expatriates: Career experiences of Lebanese self-initiated expatriates in France

Thunderbird International Business Review

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 275-285

  Al Ariss, Akram ^a,b   Özbilgin, Mustafa ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77953768282     PISSN: 10964762     EISSN: 15206874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tie.20355     Document Type: Article

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