Self-initiated expatriates and their career success

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 159-172

  Cao, Lan ^a   Hirschi, Andreas ^a   Deller, Jürgen ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Career capital; Career development; Career success; Careers; Network; Protean career; Self initiated expatriates; Skilled migrants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856383215     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621711211199494     Document Type: Article

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