Repatriate knowledge transfer: Antecedents and boundary conditions of a dyadic process

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Repatriate knowledge transfer: Antecedents and boundary conditions of a dyadic process. / Burmeister, Anne; Lazarova, Mila; Deller, Jürgen.
In: Journal of World Business, Vol. 53, No. 6, 01.12.2018, p. 806-816.

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Burmeister A, Lazarova M, Deller J. Repatriate knowledge transfer: Antecedents and boundary conditions of a dyadic process. Journal of World Business. 2018 Dec 1;53(6):806-816. Epub 2018 Jul 3. doi: 10.1016/j.jwb.2018.06.004

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