... Licensed re-use rights only Quantitative Innovative behavior Self-determination theory Self-initiated expatriates Cross-cultural adjustment Autonomous motivation Controlled motivation Innovation is an important determinant of organizational performance, success, and long-term survival...

...Milad T. Jannesari; Sherry E. Sullivan Purpose The number of self-initiated expatriates (SIEs) is growing, yet we know relatively little about their work experiences, especially how they react to stress. The purpose of this study is to examine whether challenge and hindrance stressors influence...

...Alfred Presbitero Purpose Social well-being is the perception and feeling of belongingness and integration within the community and the broader society. For self-initiated expatriates (SIEs) who rely on their own personal resources and network, the achievement of high levels of social well-being...

...Taiba Hussain; Perihan Iren; John Rice Purpose Expatriate mobility is increasing globally, in volume and diversity. A growing element of this overall increase has been the greater share of self-initiated expatriates (SIEs) working outside their home countries. In some host countries, SIEs make up...

... and to examine whether these links are different for assigned expatriates (AEs) and self-initiated expatriates (SIEs). Design/methodology/approach Questionnaire data were collected from 284 IMEs including 182 SIEs, and 102 AEs. Two measures of IMEs’ well-being were used: subjective, namely satisfaction...

... to expatriate may affect work outcomes, quantitative data was collected from self‐initiated expatriate academics from 60 countries employed in 35 universities in five northern European countries. Findings Results mostly indicated support for the proposed hypotheses. The most striking finding...