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Table 5

Findings

	Complexity	Chance	Change
Literature	Multifaceted Multi-layered Across geographical boundaries	Opportunity Luck Serendipity Unplanned and unexpected events “Shock” events (including career shocks)	Geographical Cultural Organisational Cognitive (incl. language and communication) Behavioural
Career crafting (thinking) Proactive career reflection	Multifaceted: - Freedom to be their “real self” and/or re-invent themselves–reflecting on motivation, values and goals, qualities, strengths, shortcomings and skills - Identity struggles–reflecting on values Multi-layered: Complexity of transnational work-family interactions–reflecting on motivation, values and goals, qualities and strengths Foot in both camps: Distrust of host-country institutions or preference for home-country institutions/regulations and conventions while working in host country–reflecting on motivation and goals	Reflecting on possible responses to chance events (in terms of motivations, goals, competencies needed to seize the opportunity the chance event presents) Reflecting on reactive responses to chance events (in terms of minimising career and/or family/social life disturbance) Proactive career reflection prompted by encouragement of random individuals Reflecting on values/motivations/goals in terms of possible responses according to the degree of disturbance (or opportunity) presented by the chance event	Cultural change. Reflecting on changes of values, motivations–fear of not “fitting back” in the home country Reflecting on competencies and values: Seeing their lives and careers abroad as “dynamic” as opposed to those who stayed in home country Reflecting on values/motivations: Missing out on home-country culture and cultural references Identity struggles Reflecting on time-related changes (ageing parents in home country, family in host country) making them re-calibrate motivations and thus influencing career crafting
Career crafting (doing) Proactive career construction	Multifaceted: Cultural complexity–crafting their careers while navigating host-country rules and conventions Foot in both camps: - Maintaining work-related and personal networks in both home and host countries - Working across geographical boundaries and different macro contexts - Wondering about transnational skill/knowing-how transferability	Proactively seizing the opportunity afforded by chance events to self-profile Expatriation and/or change of direction resulting from health-related shocks, forced redundancy and unexpected business closure Accessing new networks Sensation of being “in the right place at the right time” and taking advantage of it	Acquiring and/or improving language skills, which in some cases resulted in job crafting Adjusting communication styles to “fit” with host-country culture Further education in the host country: self-profiling to “fit” host country requirements Maintain and alternate between host and home country networks

	Complexity	Chance	Change
Literature	MultifacetedMulti-layeredAcross geographical boundaries	OpportunityLuckSerendipityUnplanned and unexpected events“Shock” events (including career shocks)	GeographicalCulturalOrganisationalCognitive (incl. language and communication)Behavioural
Career crafting (thinking)Proactive career reflection	Multifaceted:- Freedom to be their “real self” and/or re-invent themselves–reflecting on motivation, values and goals, qualities, strengths, shortcomings and skills - Identity struggles–reflecting on values Multi-layered: Complexity of transnational work-family interactions–reflecting on motivation, values and goals, qualities and strengths Foot in both camps: Distrust of host-country institutions or preference for home-country institutions/regulations and conventions while working in host country–reflecting on motivation and goals	Reflecting on possible responses to chance events (in terms of motivations, goals, competencies needed to seize the opportunity the chance event presents) Reflecting on reactive responses to chance events (in terms of minimising career and/or family/social life disturbance) Proactive career reflection prompted by encouragement of random individuals Reflecting on values/motivations/goals in terms of possible responses according to the degree of disturbance (or opportunity) presented by the chance event	Cultural change. Reflecting on changes of values, motivations–fear of not “fitting back” in the home country Reflecting on competencies and values: Seeing their lives and careers abroad as “dynamic” as opposed to those who stayed in home country Reflecting on values/motivations: Missing out on home-country culture and cultural references Identity struggles Reflecting on time-related changes (ageing parents in home country, family in host country) making them re-calibrate motivations and thus influencing career crafting
Career crafting (doing)Proactive career construction	Multifaceted:Cultural complexity–crafting their careers while navigating host-country rules and conventionsFoot in both camps:- Maintaining work-related and personal networks in both home and host countries - Working across geographical boundaries and different macro contexts - Wondering about transnational skill/knowing-how transferability	Proactively seizing the opportunity afforded by chance events to self-profile Expatriation and/or change of direction resulting from health-related shocks, forced redundancy and unexpected business closure Accessing new networks Sensation of being “in the right place at the right time” and taking advantage of it	Acquiring and/or improving language skills, which in some cases resulted in job crafting Adjusting communication styles to “fit” with host-country culture Further education in the host country: self-profiling to “fit” host country requirements Maintain and alternate between host and home country networks