Careers of skilled migrants: Towards a theoretical and methodological expansion

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 92-101

  al Ariss, Akram ^a,a   Koall, Iris ^a,b   Özbilgin, Mustafa ^a,c   Suutari, Vesa ^a,d  

^a Groupe ESC Troyes en Champagne   (France)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

Author keywords

Career development; International careers; Reflexivity; Self initiated expatriation; Skilled migration; Skilled workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856405583     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621711211199511     Document Type: Article

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