Migration and career success: Testing a time-sequenced model

Career Development International

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 218-238

  Tharmaseelan, Nithya ^a   Inkson, Kerr ^b   Carr, Stuart C ^c  

^a North Shore International Academy   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Career development; Career satisfaction; Careers; Human capital; Migrant workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953990876     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620431011053712     Document Type: Article

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