Career Development of Foreign-Born Workers: Where is the Career Motivation Research?

Human Resource Development Review

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 478-493

  Lopes, Tobin P ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

career development; career motivation; culture; foreign born workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992803467     PISSN: 15344843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534484306293925     Document Type: Review

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