Repatriation: The end or the middle?

International Human Resource Management: A European Perspective: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 174-191

  Doherty, Noeleen ^a   Brewster, Chris ^b   Suutari, Vesa ^c   Dickmann, Michael ^d  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

^d NONE

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EID: 77953769315     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203891391     Document Type: Chapter

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