Evolving and enduring challenges in global mobility |
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| Institution: | 1. Northeastern University, International Business and Strategy, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA;2. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Calle Madrid, 126, 28903 Getafe, Madrid, Spain;1. University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA;2. Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia;3. University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia;1. Villanova University School of Business, 800 Lancaster Ave, Villanova, PA 19085, United States;2. University and George Holmes, Emeritus, University of Nebraska, College of Business, Lincoln, NE 68588, United States;3. Game Development Program, Guild Hall, Southern Methodist University, Plano, TX 75024, United States;1. Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, Australia;2. University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia;3. University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA;4. Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia;1. Malärdalen Unversity, School of Business, Society and Engineering, Box 883, SE-721 23 Västerås, Sweden;2. BI Norwegian School of Business, Department of Strategy, N-0442 Oslo, Norway;3. University of Valencia, Faculty of Economics, Avd. Tarongers, s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain;4. Temple University, Fox School of Business, PA 19122 Philadelphia, USA;5. Bocconi University, Department of Management and Technology, Via Röntgen, 1, 20136 Milan, Italy |
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| Abstract: | This article reviews the past 50 years of the science and practice of global mobility in organizations, highlighting the continuum of issues – from those that have endured throughout the decades to those that have changed as a function of economic, competitive, and demographic trends. At this latter end of the continuum, the field of global mobility has seen dramatic changes in the strategic deployment of expatriates, changes in assignment types, and demographic changes in the profile of expatriates. These are discussed in the first part of the article. In the second part of the article we review the issues which have been impervious to change over the years. We draw upon recent evidence from the fields of neuroscience and human development to examine two of the more enduring issues of global mobility: the change in individuals’ competencies as a function of living and working in another country and the personality characteristics and motivation related to expatriates’ success abroad. Taken together, these enduring and evolving issues in global mobility have implications for future research and practice. |
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| Keywords: | Expatriation International assignments Globalization Global mobility |
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