Psychological capital and the intent to pursue employment with developed and emerging market multinational corporations

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 40-55

  Alkire, Terry D ^a,b   Avey, James B ^a  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SKEMA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Emerging market multinational corporations; Intent to pursue employment; Organizational attractiveness; Outward foreign direct investment (OFDI); Psychological capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006434999     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13678868.2012.738477     Document Type: Article

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