Research on self-initiated expatriation: History and future directions

Self-Initiated Expatriation: Individual, Organizational, and National Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 42-56

  Dorsch, Michael ^a   Suutari, Vesa ^a   Brewster, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84892962747     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203111505     Document Type: Chapter

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