Explaining low international labour mobility: The role of networks, personality, and perceived labour market opportunities

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-44

  Van Dalen, Hendrik P ^a,b   Henkens, Kène ^a,b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Intentions; Labour mobility; Migration

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MIGRATION; LABOR MOBILITY; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 84055190060     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.642     Document Type: Article

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