Vulnerable work and international migrants: A relational human resource management perspective

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 24, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 4116-4131

  Turchick Hakak, Luciana ^a   Al Ariss, Akram ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TOULOUSE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

acculturation; discrimination; international careers; migrant networks; migrants; relational perspective

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887133673     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2013.845427     Document Type: Article

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