Career success for international professional women in the land of the equal? Evidence from Norway

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 21, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 2798-2812

  Traavik, Laura E M ^a   Richardsen, Astrid M ^a  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Career success; Expatriate; International; Norway; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649903029     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2010.528662     Document Type: Article

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