Forms of cross-border mobility and social capital in multinational enterprises

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 138-155

  Bozkurt, Ödül ^a   Mohr, Alexander T ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79952610664     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 09545395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2010.00147.x     Document Type: Article

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