Women's Self-Initiated Expatriation as a Career Option and Its Ethical Issues

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-88

  Tharenou, Phyllis ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

business leaders; career advancement; discrimination; ethical theory; gender; justice; self initiated expatriate; self repatriation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955087594     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-009-0348-x     Document Type: Article

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