Culture and context: Understanding their influence upon careers

Careers around the World: Individual and Contextual Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 147-165

  Chudzikowski, Katharina ^a   Ogliastri, Enrique ^b,c   Briscoe, Jon P ^d   Ituma, Afam ^e   Reichel, Astrid ^a   Mayrhofer, Wolfgang ^a   Khapova, Svetlana N ^f  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^b The INCAE Business School   (Costa Rica)

^c IE Business Schools   (Spain)

^d NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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