Journal of Global Mobility: Volume 8 Issue 2

International assignments – extending an organizational value framework

Phil St John Renshaw, Emma Parry, Michael Dickmann

This study aims to present a framework relating to the organizational value of international assignments (IAs). This extends the existing framework by Lepak et al. (2007) and…

Self-enhancement and cross-cultural adjustment: overclaiming in a global mobility context

Klaus J. Templer

This study aimed to test Early and Ang’s (2003) proposition that self-enhancement hinders successful cross-cultural adjustment. The literature on self-enhancement is reviewed, and…

Women's expatriate careers: losing trust in organisational equality and diversity policy implementation?

Susan Shortland, Stephen J. Perkins

The purpose of this paper is to examine how female expatriates interpret the effectiveness of practical implementation of equality/diversity policies, trusting this to support…

Do they really want to leave? A (re)-evaluation of expatriates' and spouses' premature return intention

Julia Goede

The purpose of this study is to (re-)evaluate the explanatory power of the stressor–stress–strain model and its' current operationalization by examining the influence of general…

Spirituality in expatriate experience and coping in mission

Michał Wilczewski, Zbigniew Wróblewski, Mariusz Wołońciej, Arkadiusz Gut, Ewelina Wilczewska

The purpose of this qualitative study is to explore the role of spirituality, understood as a personal relationship with God, in missionary intercultural experience.

The development of HR support for alternative international assignments. From liminal position to institutional support for short-term assignments, international business travel and virtual assignments

Joost Bücker, Erik Poutsma, Roel Schouteten, Carolien Nies

The purpose of this paper is to explain how and why HR practitioners perceive the need to develop international HRM practices to support short-term assignments, international…