... to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this license may be seen at Link to the terms of the CC BY 4.0 licence. Virtual global mobility Institutional theory Exogenous shock Global crisis Longitudinal qualitative study Expatriation Crises have long shaped global...

... in expatriate global mobility research and identify central limitations. From this point of departure, we engage in a methodological discussion, which serves as a basis for our proposal of alternative ways of conducting qualitative inquiry in this domain. Findings Traditional interviews remain the dominant...

...João Vasco Coelho Purpose This study investigates how expatriate willingness emerges as a function of company policy design within Portuguese multinational corporations. While traditional expatriation frameworks often present standardized mobility approaches, this research explores how policy...

...Lara Grilo; Antonio Moreira; Claudia Santos; Ana Alves Araújo; Mariana Ferreira Purpose Work–life balance (WLB) is an important aspect of modern society, influencing personal well-being and business performance. Despite its importance in the business context, its analysis in the expatriation...

...Said Toumi; Zhan Su Purpose In the last few years, cultural intelligence (CQ) has attracted growing interest from researchers, particularly regarding its impact on expatriates. However, despite numerous studies, the literature remains fragmented and no recent systematic review has been conducted...

... 24 02 2025 Knowledge sharing Knowledge transfer Collaborative knowledge creation Collaborative leadership Leadership-as-practice International assignments Expatriation The semantics of knowledge representation in an organization are intrinsically unstable. (Tsoukas and Chia, 2002...

...Hoai Lan Duong; Thi Kim Oanh Vo; Minh Tung Tran; Thi Kim Cuc Tran Purpose The purpose of this research is to investigate the role of social media in supporting the psychological well-being of young expatriates. Design/methodology/approach The study adopts a qualitative research design based...

...Emna Gara Bach Ouerdian; Khadija Gaha; Nizar Mansour Purpose This paper aims to examine the relationship between workplace incivility and the intention to self-initiate expatriation and whether this relationship is mediated by affective organizational commitment. It also explores the moderating...

... © Emerald Publishing Limited 2023 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Global talent management Talent management Global mobility Global careers Systematic literature review Expatriation Co-citation is a measure of how often two documents are cited together...

...Betty Jane Punnett; Lemayon Melyoki; Thomas Senaji Purpose This paper presents insights on expatriates in Africa and sets out a research agenda for Africa’s expatriation. The objective of the paper is to provide background and context on expatriation in Africa and to stimulate and guide further...

...Tania Nery-Kjerfve; Daiane Polesello Purpose Extant expatriate literature largely adopts a global north/western focus and expatriate-centric approach in investigating spousal/partners’ motives for supporting expatriation. Contrastingly, this study focuses on the lived experiences of dual-career...

... by expatriates was only published five years ago, there have been two relevant exogenous shocks to the environment since they collected their data, making this study an excellent target for replication. Design/methodology/approach Three-hundred ninety-one expatriates who were currently working in 79...

... be found in the notion of “enclaves”, another metaphor used to define a bounded group (Douglas, 1996). Enclave has been used by migration scholars to study communities (Mui et al., 2006 ; Sanders and Nee, 1987 ; Xie and Gough, 2011 ; Zaban, 2015). In relation to expatriate communities, Cohen...

...Eimear Nolan; Xiaoning Liang Purpose The last decade has seen a significant increase in self-initiated expatriation research across various cohorts; however, limited research exists on the self-initiated expatriation of medical doctors despite their high mobility rates. The purpose of this paper...

...Olivier Wurtz Purpose This work sheds new light on the roles of gender, age and expatriation type—self-initiated expatriate (SIE) vs. assigned expatriate (AE)—by applying the transactional theory of stress and coping (and a validated measurement tool) to the expatriation experience. Design...

...). Design/methodology/approach This paper is a systematic literature review of the factors affecting the international transfer of individual CC from/for expatriates, repatriates and other employed highly skilled migrants and return migrants. The findings are classified based on the Social Chronology...

...Xueting Jiang; Marta Calas; Alexander Scott English Purpose This paper attempts to capture how self-initiated expatriates (SIEs) produce and reconstruct “self” and “place” through their own processes of expatriation and career development as mobility becomes a norm under present conditions...

...Marian van Bakel; Vlad Vaiman; Charles M. Vance; Arno Haslberger Purpose To enlarge the focus on international mentoring beyond traditional company-assigned expatriates, this conceptual paper examines important contexts and dynamics of intercultural mentoring involving traditional expatriates...

...Flavia Cavazotte; Sylvia Freitas Mello; Lucia B. Oliveira Purpose This study analyzes the impact of purpose-oriented leadership and leader cultural intelligence on engagement and burnout among expatriates undertaking long-term corporate assignments, grounded on social psychology frameworks...

... of the same sector but differences between the sectors with regard to numbers of “expensive” expatriates and the assignment situation; this is a result of the intersection of different institutional pressures in the respective fields. Research limitations/implications The article is based on a limited...