Exploring the motives of company-backed and self-initiated expatriates

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 595-611

  Doherty, Noeleen ^a   Dickmann, Michael ^a   Mills, Timothy ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Company backed expatriates; Expatriation; Global careers; Motivations; Self initiated expatriates

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951888682     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2011.543637     Document Type: Article

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