Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which a destination's security level affects the relationship between personality traits and individuals' expatriation willingness. Design/methodology/approach: The authors apply an experimental vignette methodology using a 2 × 1...

Purpose: This paper empirically explores the types and extent of cultural diversity strategies in Sweden, a developed economy with many migrant workers. The role of organizational culture as the context and the association with diversity strategy and the selection of international skilled...

Purpose: Despite over 50 years of expatriation research, the implications of expatriation for identity remains an under-researched topic in mainstream international human resource management (IHRM) literature. Expatriation can cause disruption to expatriates' familiar sociocultural environment,...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the human capital (HC) expatriates require and develop during an international assignment (IA) to work effectively and live contentedly in a host country. Design/methodology/approach: Qualitative research entailing interviews with 78 expatriates...

Purpose: The growing trends in talent migration, which in the extreme lead to brain drain, in step with an increasing female participation in labor markets and migration flows, set challenges for both business and governments managing these processes. In this vein, it is proposed that macro...

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to provide a systematic literature review of research on non-traditional expatriates (NTEs) and an agenda for future research. Design/methodology/approach: The systematic literature review of NTEs 2010–2020 followed Moher et al.'s flow chart approach...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate digital knowledge sharing (KS) and social learning (SL) of geographically dispersed employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach: The method is qualitative case study action research within a leading global provider of...

Purpose: Given that the incidence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) varies greatly between countries, it becomes relevant to explore self-initiated expatriate (SIE) health workers' perceptions of home vs host country safety during a global pandemic. Thus, the paper aims to study the...

Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to discover the impact of restrictions connected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on the work and life of international professional women with children. Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative, explorative research was conducted with 12...

Purpose: International business travelers (IBTs) face daily challenges pertaining to the frequency and duration of travel. Following the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the study aims to draw upon the job demands-resources (JD-R) model and the literature on work–life balance (WLB)...