Self-initiated expatriation and migration in the management literature: Present theorizations and future research directions

Career Development International

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 78-96

  Ariss, Akram Al ^a   Crowley Henry, Marian ^b  

^a TOULOUSE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Expatriates; International mobility; Job mobility; Migrant workers; Migration; Self initiated expatriation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874172478     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620431311305962     Document Type: Review

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