Will i stay or will i go? Explaining repatriation by self-initiated expatriates

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1009-1028

  Tharenou, Phyllis ^a   Caulfield, Natasha ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 77956504494     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2010.54533183     Document Type: Article

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