Lingua necessaria? Language proficiency and expatriate success

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Lingua necessaria? Language proficiency and expatriate success. / Wiernik, Brenton M.; Albrecht, Anne-Grit; Dilchert, Stephan et al.

Managing expatriates: Success factors in private and public domains. Hrsg. / Brenton M. Wiernik; Heiko Rüger; Deniz S. Ones. Opladen : Verlag Babara Budrich, 2018. S. 195-208 (Beiträge zur Bevölkerungswissenschaft; Band 50).

Publikation: Beiträge in SammelwerkenAufsätze in SammelwerkenForschungbegutachtet

Harvard

Wiernik, BM, Albrecht, A-G, Dilchert, S, Deller, J, Ones, DS & Paulus, FM 2018, Lingua necessaria? Language proficiency and expatriate success. in BM Wiernik, H Rüger & DS Ones (Hrsg.), Managing expatriates: Success factors in private and public domains. Beiträge zur Bevölkerungswissenschaft, Bd. 50, Verlag Babara Budrich, Opladen, S. 195-208.

APA

Wiernik, B. M., Albrecht, A-G., Dilchert, S., Deller, J., Ones, D. S., & Paulus, F. M. (2018). Lingua necessaria? Language proficiency and expatriate success. in B. M. Wiernik, H. Rüger, & D. S. Ones (Hrsg.), Managing expatriates: Success factors in private and public domains (S. 195-208). (Beiträge zur Bevölkerungswissenschaft; Band 50). Verlag Babara Budrich.

Vancouver

Wiernik BM, Albrecht A-G, Dilchert S, Deller J, Ones DS, Paulus FM. Lingua necessaria? Language proficiency and expatriate success. in Wiernik BM, Rüger H, Ones DS, Hrsg., Managing expatriates: Success factors in private and public domains. Opladen: Verlag Babara Budrich. 2018. S. 195-208. (Beiträge zur Bevölkerungswissenschaft).

Bibtex

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