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Determinants of cross-cultural adjustment among self-initiated expatriate medical doctors working in Ireland
Eimear Nolan, Xiaoning LiangThe last decade has seen a significant increase in self-initiated expatriation research across various cohorts; however, limited research exists on the self-initiated expatriation…
Political skill and cross-cultural adjustment among self-initiated expatriates: the role of host employer's psychological contract fulfillment
Alexei Koveshnikov, Heidi Wechtler, Miriam Moeller, Cecile DejouxUsing social influence theory, this study examines the relationship between self-initiated expatriates' (SIE) political skill, as a measure of their social effectiveness, and…
Expatriate childhood as the first domino: does early international exposure lead to a later international career?
Mireka Caselius, Liisa MäkeläThis paper looks to study how adult third culture kids (ATCKs) perceive that their childhood international experience is linked to their career interests and choices in later…
A transactional stress and coping perspective on expatriation: new insights on the roles of age, gender and expatriate type
Olivier WurtzThis work sheds new light on the roles of gender, age and expatriation type—self-initiated expatriate (SIE) vs. assigned expatriate (AE)—by applying the transactional theory of…
How does diplomat partners’ employment situation affect their adjustment abroad? Evidence from the German Foreign Service
Matthias Rosenbaum-Feldbrügge, Stine Waibel, Herbert Fliege, Maria M. Bellinger, Heiko RügerPrevious research indicates that accompanying partners often struggle to find employment upon international relocations. This study aims to highlight diplomat’s partners’…
The international transfer of individual career capital: exploring and developing a model of the underlying factors
Emilija Oleškevičiūtė, Michael Dickmann, Maike Andresen, Emma ParryThe purpose of this literature review is to critically analyze, synthesize and integrate the currently fragmented literature concerning the factors affecting the international…
Constructing the “self”? Constructing the “place”? A critical exploration of self-initiated expatriation in China
Xueting Jiang, Marta Calas, Alexander Scott EnglishThis paper attempts to capture how self-initiated expatriates (SIEs) produce and reconstruct “self” and “place” through their own processes of expatriation and career development…
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2049-8799Online date, start – end:
2013Copyright Holder:
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- Professor Jan Selmer