...Jiawei Song Purpose This study shifts expatriate scholarship from “adjustment” to “enactment” by examining how Chinese self-initiated expatriates (SIEs) in Japanese organizations construct workplace legitimacy through identity sensemaking and job crafting. Design/methodology/approach...

... on skilled migrants and employers ‘experiences in Norway. Drawing on sensemaking theory (Weick, 1995), the study aims to investigate: (1) how skilled migrants and employers make sense of barriers to qualification-matched employment (QME) in Norway and (2) how skilled migrants enhance their qualification...

...Brigitte Armon; Lisa Steelman; Sarah Jensen Purpose The purpose of the present study is to examine the role of the feedback environment in expatriate adjustment and subsequent performance. Based on newcomer adaptation and sensemaking theories, the authors proposed that the supervisor and coworker...

... and HCNs in the context of international assignments. Design/methodology/approach This is a conceptual paper that builds upon the central idea in extant research of individual reputation as a social construction and draws on sensemaking theory to develop its conceptual model. Findings As extant...

... challenged, expatriates engage in a sensemaking process that is hinged in an “intended future identity”. Research limitations/implications – The authors contribute to the literature by stressing the ethical dimension of adjustment. The authors complement the normative approaches to ethical decision...