Towards an understanding of social networks among organizational self-initiated expatriates: a qualitative case study of a professional services firm

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Towards an understanding of social networks among organizational self-initiated expatriates: a qualitative case study of a professional services firm

Drawing on a qualitative case study of 51 organizational self-initiated expatriates (OSIEs) in a professional services firm, this article investigates the role of networks during expatriation and, specifically, in the development of learning that is beneficial to both the individual expatriate and t...

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Main Authors:	Richardson, Julia, McKenna, Stephen
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Routledge 2014
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36555

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