'Expatriates': Gender, race and class distinctions in international management

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-28

  Berry, Daphne P ^a   Bell, Myrtle P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Class; Expatriates; Gender; International management; Migrants

Indexed keywords

CLASS; ETHNICITY; GENDER RELATIONS; GLOBALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; MIGRANT WORKER; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; RACE;

EID: 83255164461     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2011.00577.x     Document Type: Article

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