Please don't go : A comparative study on Identity Strain in short-term and long-term expatriates

Please don't go : A comparative study on Identity Strain in short-term and long-term expatriates

The loss of human capital that is the result of repatriate turnover has plagued multi-national companies' expatriate programs for decades. In striving to avoid this outcome, many are today sending their employees on so-called short-term expatriate assignments for which the long term effects are...

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Main Author: Möller, Christian Olof
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen 2015
Subjects:
Short-term Expatriation
Identity Theory
Repatriation
Turnover
Long-term Expatriation
Embeddedness
Job deprivation
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-256339
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spelling ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-uu-2563392015-06-24T04:50:25ZPlease don't go : A comparative study on Identity Strain in short-term and long-term expatriatesengMöller, Christian OlofUppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen2015Short-term ExpatriationIdentity TheoryRepatriationTurnoverLong-term ExpatriationEmbeddednessJob deprivationThe loss of human capital that is the result of repatriate turnover has plagued multi-national companies' expatriate programs for decades. In striving to avoid this outcome, many are today sending their employees on so-called short-term expatriate assignments for which the long term effects are unknown. This study attempts to remedy this using quantitative methods and the latest developments in Identity Theory, but falls short due to difficulties in gaining access to respondents. Student thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesistexthttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-256339application/pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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topic Short-term Expatriation
Identity Theory
Repatriation
Turnover
Long-term Expatriation
Embeddedness
Job deprivation
spellingShingle Short-term Expatriation
Identity Theory
Repatriation
Turnover
Long-term Expatriation
Embeddedness
Job deprivation
Möller, Christian Olof
Please don't go : A comparative study on Identity Strain in short-term and long-term expatriates
description The loss of human capital that is the result of repatriate turnover has plagued multi-national companies' expatriate programs for decades. In striving to avoid this outcome, many are today sending their employees on so-called short-term expatriate assignments for which the long term effects are unknown. This study attempts to remedy this using quantitative methods and the latest developments in Identity Theory, but falls short due to difficulties in gaining access to respondents.
author Möller, Christian Olof
author_facet Möller, Christian Olof
author_sort Möller, Christian Olof
title Please don't go : A comparative study on Identity Strain in short-term and long-term expatriates
title_short Please don't go : A comparative study on Identity Strain in short-term and long-term expatriates
title_full Please don't go : A comparative study on Identity Strain in short-term and long-term expatriates
title_fullStr Please don't go : A comparative study on Identity Strain in short-term and long-term expatriates
title_full_unstemmed Please don't go : A comparative study on Identity Strain in short-term and long-term expatriates
title_sort please don't go : a comparative study on identity strain in short-term and long-term expatriates
publisher Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen
publishDate 2015
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