The Management of Global Careers
Exploring the Rise of International Work
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[Adult] Third Culture Kids: Why Do Early Life International Experiences Matter?
An increasing number of studies have been conducted on children with early life international mobility, that is, on third culture kids (TCKs). In this chapter, we review how TCKs appear in the existing researc...
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Career Capital Development of Highly Skilled Self-Initiated Expatriates
Existing literature and research on the career impacts of expatriation have focused on expatriates sent abroad by their employers. In turn, the career experiences of other types of global workers (e.g., migran...
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Careers of Highly Educated Self-Initiated Expatriates: Observations from Studies Among Finnish Business Professionals
This chapter reviews existing literature about the careers of self-initiated expatriates and analyzes the different studies carried out among university level educated Finnish business professionals. A series ...
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Typologies of Internationally Mobile Employees
When counting the number of internationally mobile employees (IMEs) and analyzing the consequences of international mobility in order to improve the management of different kinds of IMEs, who counts as an expa...
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The Multiple Forms and Shifting Landscapes of Global Careers
“Every boring or mundane activity you experience at home is, when you move to a foreign country, suddenly transformed into an exciting adventure” according to Reannon Muth, a travel writer. Indeed, it has long...
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Contrasting Assigned Expatriates and Self-Initiated Expatriates: A Review of Extant Research and a Future Research Agenda
In this chapter, we will first discuss the motives of both assigned expatriates (AEs) and self-initiated foreign expatriates (SIEs) for international work. Second, the nature of careers and jobs of AEs and SIE...
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Management of Work-Life Interface of Global Careerists: Experiences Among Different Types of International Professionals
Owing to the increasing number of studies on expatriates, their partners and families, we are starting to understand the main challenges related to work and personal life interaction involved with internationa...
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The Work and Personal Life Interface in the International Career Context: An Introduction
The globalization of business has led to an increasing number of people working in the international business environment and moving across borders for their work. International work now takes several differen...
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How to Attract and Retain Global Careerists: Evidence from Finland
While the demand for international professionals willing and able to work in locations where they are needed around the world is high and increasing, the identification of employees with adequate competencies,...
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The Social Capital of Traditional and Self-Initiated Expatriates
Self-initiated expatriates (SIEs) represent an increasingly important part of the global workforce, and typically come with considerable knowledge and skills and high motivation to work internationally. This, ...
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The Careers of Self-Initiated Expatriates
As it is evidenced by this book, and other recent texts in international human resource management, the initial recognition (Suutari and Brewster, 2000) of self-initiated expatriation among the international w...
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The Work-Life Interface of Self-Initiated Expatriates: Conflicts and Enrichment
Research interest in self-initiated expatriation has been increasing steadily due to the globalization of business life and job markets. The emerging research tradition has already covered themes including car...
