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Acquired demographics and reasons to relocate among self-initiated expatriates

Jan Selmer Department of Management, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, DenmarkCorrespondence[email protected]
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Jakob Lauring Department of Management, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
Pages 2055-2070 | Published online: 24 Jun 2011

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