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New Directions in Expatriate Research »

Authors: Michael J. Morley, Noreen Heraty (Editor), David G. Collings
ISBN-13: 9781403942975, ISBN-10: 1403942978
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Date Published: October 2006
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Michael J. Morley

MICHAEL J. MORLEY is Assistant Dean of Research and and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Personnel and Employment Relations and NOREEN HERATY is Lecturer of Human Resource Management in the Department of Personnel & Employment Relations, both at Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick. DAVID G. COLLINGS is a lecturer in Human Resource Management and Organizational Behaviour at Sheffield University Management School.

Book Synopsis

This book brings together new contributions in the expatriation field, opening up new lines of enquiry and pointing to some of the methodological quagmires that can beset intercultural research of this nature.

1	Introduction : new directions in expatriate research	1
2	Moving the research agenda forward on expatriate return on investment	18
3	The use of foreign assignments and their relationship with economic success and business strategy : a comparative analysis of Northern, Southern and Eastern European countries	39
4	Another scandal in Bohemia? : a look back on how we measure expatriate adjustment	64
5	The nature of managerial work during international assignments : examining expatriate - assignment fit and its consequences for work adjustment	94
6	The effect of culture of origin on the adjustment process	120
7	Gender diversity and organizational success : the impact of female foreign assignments	142
8	Finnish business repatriates' coping strategies at work : problem-focused and emotion-focused forms of coping	166
9	Intonations of repatriation : a discursive analysis of expatriates' talk of work after repatriation	185