... an inductive approach, we conducted 20 semi-structured interviews with expatriates in eleven countries and applied reflexive thematic analysis to explore expatriates’ perceptions of organisational and social support during the transition to remote work. Findings When expatriates transition to remote work...

...Lena Maria Fischer; Marc Schwarzkopf Purpose In the context of international assignments, repatriates are confronted with social, organisational and cultural challenges. However, the impact of community and social support on the reintegration process has gone unnoticed. The purpose of this paper...

...Barbara Agha-Alikhani Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate expatriates social networks and their role in delivering social support resources. Self-initiated expatriates (SIEs) and assigned expatriates (AEs) are compared in order to investigate similarities and differences between...

...Paul van der Laken; Marloes van Engen; Marc van Veldhoven; Jaap Paauwe Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review empirical research on the relationship between organization-based social support and the success of international assignments (IAs). Design/methodology/approach Four search...

... for expatriates to better understand how to work effectively in the host national context, and will be associated with improved performance. Thus, we examine instrumental social support and hypothesize that expatriates’ perceptions of such available support will be directly related to their performance...