International Organizations as a Profession: Professional Mobility and Power Distribution

The International Mobility of Talent: Types, Causes, and Development Impact

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Coicaud, Jean Marc ^a  

^a United Nations University (UNU) Office United Nations   (United States)

Author keywords

Career prospects; Human resources; International elites; International organizations; Power; Power realities; Professional attraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920180113     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199532605.003.0010     Document Type: Chapter

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