The literature on international human resource management indicates a growing array of
different forms of international work experiences such as assigned and self-initiated …

This paper examines the concept of expatriates, arguing that sloppy use of the term in the
past has led to problems of inconsistent research, incompatible findings and a lack of clarity …

This new edition of Globalizing Human Resource Management examines the strategic and
global issues of HRM by showing how organizations address the tradeoffs between global …

Expatriate return on investment (ROI) is undoubtedly an important topic, as evidenced by the
considerable efforts of multinational corporations (MNCs) to find cost-reducing alternatives …

In this chapter we provide an overview of the conceptual development of business
expatriates over the past 50 years. We do so in order to clarify the terms and concepts used …

Purpose Most studies of expatriates have explored global careers as unfolding within
assigned or self-initiated expatriation contexts in a predominantly linear fashion. The …

Recent research and literature on international human resource management indicates a
growing array of different forms of international work experiences (Briscoe, Schuler, & Claus …

Purpose Despite being one of the most used dependent variables in expatriate
management research, no clear-cut understanding exists of what expatriate success means …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to examine whether organizations can encourage the
loyalty of their international employees through the composition of their expatriate packages …

Organizational expatriates, who have been assigned by their parent companies to the
foreign location have been thoroughly investigated as compared to self-initiated expatriates …