Journal of Global Mobility: Volume 12 Issue 2

Africa’s expatriation: current context and future research agenda

Betty Jane Punnett, Lemayon Melyoki, Thomas Senaji

This paper presents insights on expatriates in Africa and sets out a research agenda for Africa’s expatriation. The objective of the paper is to provide background and context on…

Mind the professional void! Career capital development and transfer in international assignments

Ramsin Yakob

This study aims to address this unexplored influence of international assignment types on the development, transfer and utilization of career capital by assigned repatriates from…

Dual-career expatriate partners' motives for supporting international assignments: evidence from a patriarchal society

Tania Nery-Kjerfve, Daiane Polesello

Extant expatriate literature largely adopts a global north/western focus and expatriate-centric approach in investigating spousal/partners’ motives for supporting expatriation…

Self-initiated expatriates' cultural intelligence, embeddedness and career satisfaction: a whole-life perspective

Yu-Ping Chen, Yu-Shan Hsu, Margaret Shaffer

Drawing on the whole-life perspective of career development and the conservation of resources theory, the authors consider whether self-initiated expatriates' (SIEs’) cultural…

Unpacking the influence of foreignness on employment prospects within a multinational enterprise: an examination of gender, professional experience and duration of stay

Agnieszka Nowinska, Marte C.W. Solheim

The purposes of this paper are to delve into the “liability of foreignness” among immigrants and to explore factors that may enhance or moderate such liability while obtaining…

A conceptual model of individuals' decision to engage in global mobility: integrating self-determination theory and theory of planned behavior

Denise R. Quatrin, Roberta Aguzzoli, Jorge Lengler

Companies target globally mobile workers and face the war for talent, while individuals are more reluctant to engage in global mobility. This scenario led us to propose a model to…

A process perspective on the expatriate social capital – knowledge transfer and expatriate adjustment relationships

Chun-Hsiao Wang, Yu-Ping Chen

The purpose of this study is to develop a conceptual model explicating the development of expatriate social capital and its influence on expatriate effectiveness in terms of…