A taxonomy of internationally mobile managers

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 533-557

  Andresen, Maike ^a   Biemann, Torsten ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

career path; diversification of expatriate management; international career; manager; taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870885305     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2012.697476     Document Type: Article

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