Self‐directed expatriation: family matters

By Julia Richardson. 2006

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Subfields: Communication, Gender Studies, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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Theorizing the meaning(s) of ‘expatriate’: establishing boundary conditions for business expatriates (2016, background): “For example, SIEs have been referred to as self-selecting expatriates (Richardson & McKenna, 2002), self-directed expatriates (Richardson, 2006), self-initiated foreign workers (Harrison et al.”
What makes them move abroad? Reviewing and exploring differences between self-initiated and assigned expatriation (2015, background): “SIEs interpret their decision to relocate in direct relation to their family, particularly partners (Richardson 2006).”
Organizational expatriates and self-initiated expatriates: differences in cross-cultural adjustment and job satisfaction (2013, background): “In three studies, Richardson and her associates (Richardson and McKenna 2003; Richardson 2005; Richardson and Mallon 2005) investigated the motivations and career trajectories of 30 British SIE academics.”
Perceived organizational support and intention to stay in host countries among self-initiated expatriates: the role of career satisfaction and networks (2014, background): “motivations for expatriation (Doherty, Dickmann and Mills 2011), the role of the family (Richardson 2006) and repatriation (Tharenou and Caulfield 2010).”
Job Satisfaction among Academic Staff: A Comparative Analysis between Public and Private Sector Universities of Punjab, Pakistan (2011, background): “One area for future research is replicating this research with other samples, within these and other cultures, and other countries (Bhanugopan & Fish 2006, Richardson, 2006).”
Recognizing the important role of self-initiated expatriates in effective global talent management (2015, unknown): “…& Myers, 2003; Myers, 2011), young graduates (Tharenou, 2003), English teachers (Fu, Shaffer, & Harrison, 2005), academics (Isakovic & Whitman, 2013; Richardson, 2006; Richardson & Mallon, 2005; Richardson & McKenna, 2006), volunteer workers (Hudson & Inkson, 2006), nurses (Bozionelos, 2009),…”
Exploring the motives of company-backed and self-initiated expatriates (2011, background): “For the self-initiated, however, the benefits to the family of living abroad have been emphasised for academics (Richardson 2006).”
The Contemporary Career: A Work–Home Perspective (2014, background): “Finally, as Richardson (2004) argued, the global career literature has overproblematized family as a career barrier, and more multifaceted perspectives are needed to determine the conditions under which families can be a source of support to employees pursuing global and multicultural careers.”
Turnover prediction using attitudes towards benefits, pay, and pay satisfaction among employees and entrepreneurs in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (2011, result): “One area for future research is replicating this research with other samples within these and other cultures and countries (Bhanugopan and Fish, 2006; Carraher, 2003, 2005; Carraher et al., 2003a, b, 2004a, b, c; Richardson, 2006) looking both at cultural variations and variations within cultures as”
Host country language ability and expatriate adjustment: the moderating effect of language difficulty (2015, background): “In addition, since academics pursuing an international career typically initiate their foreign academic employment themselves (Richardson 2006), a requirement of self-initiated expatriation was included in the definition of expatriate academics.”
‘Being dumped in to sink or swim’: an empirical study of organizational support for the trailing spouse (2012, background): “…major source of interest in the HRD literature (e.g. Harvey 1995; Harvey 1998; Littrell et al. 2006; Wilkinson and Singh 2010; Pruetipibultham 2012; Rosenbusch and Cseh 2012), and family issues has emerged as important across many domains (e.g. Richardson 2006; Weeks, Weeks, and WillisMuller 2010).”