Self-Initiated Expatriation

Maike Andresen is Professor for Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior and holds a chair of Human Resource Management at University of Bamberg/D. Maike has published articles in key academic journals and in edited volumes and authored five books in her fields of research, including expatriation, global career management, management development, work flexibilization, and diversity management.

Globalization and the development of multinational organizations have led to an increase in the number of people spending part of their lives living and working in foreign countries. While the contemporary literature has focused on organizational expatriates sent overseas by their employers, self-initiated expatriation is becoming an important area of study in its own right. This edited volume offers a holistic picture of self-initiated expatriation and the groups that pursue it, emphasizing many reasons for departure including career development and career capital.

Part I: Understanding the Concept 1. Introduction: Self-Initiated Expatriation: Individual, Organizational, and National Perspectives Maike Andresen, Akram Al Ariss, Matthias Walther 2. What Distinguishes Self-Initiated Expatriates from Assigned Expatriates and Migrants? A Literature-Based Definition and Differentiation of Terms Maike Andresen, Franziska Bergdolt, Jil Margenfeld 3. Research on Self-Initiated Expatriation: History and Future Directions Michael Dorsch, Vesa Suutari, Chris Brewster Part II: Understanding the Processes of Self-Initiated Expatriation 4. Motivation of Self-Initiated Expatriates Jean-Luc Cerdin 5. Self-Initiated Expatriation and Talent Flow Kaye Thorn, Kerr Inkson 6. Differences in Self-Initiated- and Organizational Expatriates' Cross-Cultural Adjustment Vesa Peltokorpi, Fabian J. Froese 7. Career Concepts of Self-Initiated and Assigned Expatriates: A Theoretical Analysis Based on Coupling and Configuration Maike Andresen, Torsten Biemann 8. Self-Initiated Expatriation: Drivers, Employment Experience and Career Outcomes Noeleen Doherty, Michael Dickmann 9. Tax and Salary Issues in Self-Initiated Expatriation Thomas Egner 10. Self-Initiated Repatriation at the Interplay between Field, Capital, and Habitus: An Analysis Based on Bourdieu's Theory of Practice Maike Andresen, Matthias Walther Part III: Understanding the Groups Undertaking Self-Initiated Foreign Experiences 11. Volunteering Abroad - A Career-Related Analysis of International Development Aid Workers Maike Andresen, Tanja Gustschin 12. Self-Initiated Expatriation in Academia: A Bounded and Boundaryless Career? Julia Richardson 13. Self-Initiated Career Characteristics of Danish Expatriated Engineers Torben Andersen, Erling Rasmussen 14. Ethnic Minority Migrants or Self-Initiated Expatriates? Questioning Assumptions in International Management Studies Akram Al Ariss List of Contributors Index