Lingua necessaria?: Language proficiency and expatriate success

Brenton M. Wiernik; Anne-Grit Albrecht; Stephan Dilchert; Jürgen Deller; Deniz S. Ones; Frieder M. Paulus

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).

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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 AG, 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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