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Skilled migrants' career capital as a source of competitive advantage: implications for strategic HRM

Jelena ZikicSchool of HRM, York University, Toronto, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1360-1381 | Published online: 20 Nov 2014

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