The career reality of global managers: An examination of career triggers

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1884-1910

  Cappellen, Tineke ^a   Janssens, Maddy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Boundaryless career; Career development; Global managers; Protean career

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957757828     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2010.505090     Document Type: Article

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