Employee perceptions of repatriation in an emerging economy: The Indian experience

Human Resource Management

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 531-548

  Kulkarni, Mukta ^a   Lengnick Hall, Mark L ^b   Valk, Reimara ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Employee perceptions; India; Repatriation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954628918     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20352     Document Type: Article

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