When expatriates explore other options: Retaining talent through greater job embeddedness and repatriation adjustment
✍ Scribed by Yan Shen; Douglas T. (Tim) Hall
- Book ID
- 102254675
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 220 KB
- Volume
- 48
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0090-4848
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
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 such outcomes as strengthened personorganization fit or career exploration. It develops a model with a related set of theoretical propositions, based on a comprehensive literature review covering international assignments, adult development and career theories, job embeddedness, and career exploration. The paper also presents implications for future research, as well as practical implications for assignment practices and career interventions for organizations trying to retain their valued repatriate talents and, thus, secure a greater return on their investments in talent development. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.