TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose Corporate business activities can require expatriates to relocate to dangerous countries. Applying the expectancy value theory, the purpose of this paper is to investigate differences in female and male expatriates in their relocation willingness to dangerous countries as a function of sensation seeking. The authors further examine money orientation as a moderator of the effects of sensation seeking.Design/methodology/approach The sample is comprised of 148 expatriates currently residing in safe host countries. The authors build and examine a moderated mediation model using the PROCESS tool.Findings The results show that male expatriates are more sensation seeking than female expatriates. Further, the results indicate a positive main effect of sensation seeking on relocation willingness to dangerous countries. Most importantly, sensation seeking was found to mediate the effects of gender on relocation willingness. Accordingly, male expatriates are more willing to relocate to dangerous countries due to higher sensation seeking. Money orientation was not found to interact with sensation seeking.Research limitations/implications The authors analyzed cross-sectional data. Future studies are encouraged to use multi-wave research designs and to examine further predictors, as well as mediators and moderators of relocation willingness to dangerous countries. Another limitation is the low number of organizational expatriates in the sample.Practical implications The study provides implications for the process of selecting eligible individuals who are willing to relocate to dangerous countries.Originality/value The study is among the first research endeavors to investigate antecedents of expatriates’ relocation willingness to dangerous countries. The authors also introduce the sensation seeking construct to the literature on expatriation management.
VL  - 5
IS  - 4
SN  - 2049-8799
DO  - 10.1108/JGM-11-2016-0061
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/JGM-11-2016-0061
AU  - Stoermer Sebastian
AU  - Davies Samuel E.
AU  - Bahrisch Oliver
AU  - Portniagin Fedor
PY  - 2017
Y1  - 2017/01/01
TI  - For sensation’s sake: Differences in female and male expatriates’ relocation willingness to dangerous countries based on sensation seeking
T2  - Journal of Global Mobility
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 374
EP  - 390
Y2  - 2024/04/24
ER  -