This paper introduces the concept of job embeddedness to research on international
assignments to help explain how the processes of expatriation and repatriation might lead to …

Purpose–The paper has two goals. The first is to develop a conceptual framework for
analyzing the strategies of internationally mobile professionals in managing barriers to their …

Careers are always careers in context. Being central to individuals, organizations, and
society, they cannot be restricted to the narrow view of individuals moving up corporate or …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to address the research question of “How does a
global career involving multiple international relocations influence the career capital of an …

We explore relational patterns of expatriates' social networks and their impact on expatriates'
change in cultural identity while working abroad. We go beyond mono-cultural assumptions …

The social composition of the workforce of the UK film and television industries does not
reflect the diversity of the population and the industries have been described as white, male …

In order to increase our understanding of the work‐family conflicts experienced by global
careerists and their families and the related co** strategies they adopt to address them …

Global careers, typically defined as involving multiple international relocations including
various positions and assignments in several countries, have recently received increasing …

This paper explores the symbolic capital attributed to international assignments (IAs). The
concept of symbolic capital has been proposed as pivotal in the development and utility of …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to examine repatriate career exploration as a
continuing growth‐oriented process and introduce repatriate hope as its crucial driver …