Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify how dual career expatriates view their spouses' roles during international assignments. Design/methodology/approach – In total, 39 interviews were carried out with expatriates who had a working spouse. The interview data were content...

Purpose – The careers of skilled migrant workers is an under‐theorised field of research. This paper proposes a theoretical and methodological expansion of studies of careers of skilled migrants. Design/methodology/approach – The paper offers a critical review of the literature on careers...

Purpose – The purpose of this editorial is to present an overview of the papers in this special issue. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on papers in this special issue. Findings – There is a multi‐disciplinarily approach of the papers in this issue in connecting fields of...

Purpose – This paper introduces this special issue. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines some of the key themes in global human resource management. Findings – By reviewing, briefly, the existing literature in these areas, the paper outlines a limited but crucial research...

A common human resource management strategy among Western companies in international operations is the use of home-country expatriate managers although expatriate adjustment has been found to involve difficulties. In the light of this the present study analyses the issues faced by Finnish...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore determinants that affect foreign subsidiary staffing policies by employing institutional theory as a theoretical foundation. Design/methodology/approach – Hypotheses are developed regarding determinants of the ratio of parent country...

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to assess the relevance of the personal value called self‐transcendence as an explanatory factor regarding gender differences in the socio‐cultural adjustment of expatriate employees. Design/methodology/approach – A sample of 37 male and 31 female...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze four major aspects of the work role and how they influence the expatriate work adjustment in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and Russia. Design/methodology/approach – The study uses a quantitative design. Self‐reported data were collected...

Purpose – Most of the fast‐growing literature on business expatriates has focused on organizational expatriates (OEs) who have been assigned by their parent companies to the foreign location. However, there is much less research on self‐initiated expatriates (SIE), who themselves have...