Career advancement in large organizations in Europe and the United States: Do international assignments add value?

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 843-862

  Hamori, Monika ^a   Koyuncu, Burak ^a,b  

^a IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b NEOMA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Career success; Chief executives; International experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952914471     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2011.555128     Document Type: Article

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