The literature on international human resource management indicates a growing array of
different forms of international work experiences such as assigned and self-initiated …

The study of self‐initiated expatriates (SIEs) has gained pace in the last decade, focusing on
these individuals, their motivations, their behaviours and their relevance to the global …

The purpose of this article is to enhance the conceptual coherence of the notion of a self-
initiated expatriate (SIE). We propose a definition based on a set of conceptual criteria which …

Few studies have investigated the range of issues considered important to the decision to
move abroad for expatriates, particularly comparing the company-backed and self-initiated …

The topography of global mobility within multinational enterprises (MNEs) is evolving where
we now have a portfolio of flexible global working arrangements (FGWAs) including …

The decision of an employee to move from their home country in order to work in another
country/culture will create a myriad of issues for the employees to face. Every year, many …

Research on expatriate employees has to date focused mainly on organizational
expatriates, so‐called because they have been assigned by a parent company to a host …

Purpose–This paper aims to move towards clarification of the self‐initiated
expatriate/expatriation construct with the aim of extending and deepening theory …

A 'mobilities turn'has taken place in the social sciences, which is finding its way into
organization studies. As research highlights how work and organization are mobile and …

Purpose–Through a large‐scale quantitative study, this paper aims to test and extend the
qualitative findings of Richardson and McKenna and of Osland on reasons to expatriate and …