Networking: A valuable career intervention for women expatriates?

Career Development International

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 271-292

  Shortland, Susan ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Careers; Expatriates; Gender; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959190778     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620431111140165     Document Type: Article

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