What distinguishes self-initiated expatriates from assigned expatriates and migrants?: A literature-based definition and differentiation of terms

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 11-41

  Andresen, Maike ^a   Bergdolt, Franziska ^a   Margenfeld, Jil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 84893004663     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203111505     Document Type: Chapter

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