What is it about?
This special issue of Career Developement International looks into the role of context in expatriation research. Why do we need expatriation? Who are expatriates? What are their experiences? Who benefits? What are the challenges of international work? For decades, the literature on international mobility has concentrated on these and related issues.
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Why is it important?
This special-issue introduction provides an overview of pertinent research insights, relevant current questions and promising future areas of investigation on the micro (individual), meso (organizational) and macro (society/context) levels. In particular, it presents the contributions included in this special issue, highlighting the highly diverse contexts in which self-initiated expatriates' (SIEs) careers are launched and unfold over time.
Perspectives
This SI depicts some recent insights into research on SIEs at the micro, meso, and macro levels without claiming to be exhaustive. Beyond micro-level economic influences, many other factors are present at the organizational level (meso level) that impact expatriation's processes, experiences and outcomes. Finally, few research efforts have examined wider contextual issues concerning expatriation with respect to factors outside of the organization. Furthermore, labor markets' macro-level economic context may exert significant influence on the availability of international talent (migration etc.) and and there remain many areas to be studied in the ever changing context of global mobility.
Prof. Dr. Cordula BARZANTNY
Toulouse Business School
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This page is a summary of: Guest editorial: Careers of self-initiated expatriates: exploring the impact of context, Career Development International, August 2023, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/cdi-08-2023-338.
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