Factors influencing Singapore managers’ career aspiration in international assignments

Career Development International

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 96-108

  Chew, Irene K H ^a   Zhu, Weichun ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Career planning; Careers; Singapore

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958599081     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430210421623     Document Type: Article

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