Repatriation of expatriate employees, knowledge transfer, and organizational learning: What do we know?

European Journal of Training and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 614-629

  Nery Kjerfve, Tania ^a   McLean, Gary N ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employees; Expatriates; Knowledge sharing; Knowledge transfer; Organization learning; Repatriation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865396864     PISSN: 20469012     EISSN: 20469020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090591211245512     Document Type: Review

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