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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462686203321

Titolo

Self-initiated expatriation : individual, organizational, and national perspectives / / edited by Maike Andresen, Akram Al Ariss, and Matthias Walther

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; London : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-11150-8

1-283-84395-1

1-136-27876-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (267 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in international business and the world economy ; ; 54

Altri autori (Persone)

Al ArissAkram

AndresenMaike <1971->

WaltherMatthias

Disciplina

304.8

Soggetti

Emigration and immigration

Exiles

Expatriation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Self-Initiated Expatriation Individual, Organizational, and National Perspectives; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Part I Understanding the Concept; 1 Introduction: Self-Initiated Expatriation-Individual,Organizational, and National Perspectives; 2 What Distinguishes Self-Initiated Expatriates from Assigned Expatriates and Migrants? A Literature-Based Defi nition and Diff erentiation of Terms; 3 Research on Self-Initiated Expatriation: History and Future Directions; Part II Understanding the Processes of Self-Initiated Expatriation

4 Motivation of Self-Initiated Expatriates5 Self-Initiated Expatriation and Talent Flow; 6 Differences in Self-Initiated and Organizational Expatriates' Cross-Cultural Adjustment; 7 Career Concepts of Self-Initiated and Assigned Expatriates:A Theoretical Analysis Based on Coupling and Confi guration; 8 Self-Initiated Expatriation: Drivers,



Employment Experience,and Career Outcomes; 9 Tax and Salary Issues in Self-Initiated Expatriation; 10 Self-Initiated Repatriation at the Interplay between Field,Capital, and Habitus: An Analysis Based on Bourdieu's Theory of Practice

Part III Understanding the Groups Undertaking Self-Initiated Foreign Experiences11 Volunteering Abroad-A Career-Related Analysis of International Development Aid Workers; 12 Self-Initiated Expatriation in Academia: A Bounded and Boundaryless Career?; 13 Self-Initiated Career Characteristics of Danish Expatriated Engineers; 14 Ethnic Minority Migrants or Self-Initiated Expatriates? Questioning Assumptions in International Management Studies; List of Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Globalization and the development of multinational organizations have led to an increase in the number of people spending part of their lives living and working in foreign countries. While the contemporary literature has focused on organizational expatriates sent overseas by their employers, self-initiated expatriation is becoming an important area of study in its own right. Studies on self-initiated expatriation explore the labor market positions of individuals who have relocated under their own initiative. However, no comprehensive book exists on the dynamics that underlie this type of mo