Gender differences in the determinants of the willingness to accept an international assignment

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 81-103

  van der Velde, Mandy E G ^a   Bossink, Carin J H ^b   Jansen, Paul G W ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SHL Group   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dual career; Gender; International assignment

Indexed keywords

EID: 8744241796     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2003.12.002     Document Type: Article

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