...Matthias Walther; Ulrike Mayrhofer; Noémie Dominguez Purpose This exploratory research aims to identify the types of social networks established by German and French expatriates. Design/methodology/approach The authors use the concepts of social capital and social networks, as well...

... support recent findings concerning more multifaceted antecedents of engagement and exhaustion, and underline the importance considering social network characteristics in investigations of work engagement. On a methodological level, the differing results for in-degree and out-degree centrality underline...

...) peers may nonetheless be beneficial to young job seekers. Methodologically, the results demonstrate that the operationalization of self-efficacy as a network characteristic might provide us with valuable insights into the characteristics that turn social networks into beneficial social resources...

... operate as role models, token women in male-dominated workplaces may act as “queen bees,” excluding and denigrating other women. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Gender Women Human resource management Careers Gender diversity Social networks Expatriates International assignments...

... Networks Taiwan Women Social networks Management development Individual perception The proportion of female executive MBA (EMBA) students at business schools in Asia is higher than in the UK and North America. For example, 42 per cent of students were female at the National Sun Yat‐sen...

... behaviors, and that team learning behaviors, in turn, will enhance overall perceptions by team members of team efficacy and team potency. Social networks Team learning Team working The contents of these relationships between colleagues contain elements of friendship, developmental...

... relations Career development Part time students Social networks United States of America Developmental relationships have been a topic of interest for both scholars and practitioners for 25 years. Interest in this topic persists because relationships with mentors may be especially crucial...

...), “ Stressful events and social support: the significance of context ”, in Gottlieb , B. (Ed.), Social Networks and Social Support , Sage , Beverly Hills, CA , pp. 43 ‐ 68 . Edwards , J.R. and Rothbard , N.P. (2000), “ Mechanisms linking work and family: clarifying the relationship...

... trend that increasingly emphasize work‐family balance. The third paper by Lynda Jiwen Song and James Werbel provides a comparative perspective on differences in the use of social networks in the process of career exploration in China and the USA. Although Guanxi is a famous Chinese concept...

... in the literature: career communities and instrumental networks. After clarification of the domain, the conceptual and empirical studies are discussed. Mentoring Social networks Career development There is a long history of interest in mentoring, with growing academic research occurring after Levinson...

... of gender on the relationship between mentoring constellations and intrinsic career success were found, e.g. for size of the advice network, emotional intensity, and stability of the relationship. Implications of results and directions for future research are discussed. Within the social networks...