The homecoming: A review of support practices for repatriates

Career Development International

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 359-377

  Pattie, Marshall ^a   White, Marion M ^a   Tansky, Judy ^b  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Careers; Employee turnover; Expatriates; Human resource management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956505015     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620431011066240     Document Type: Article

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