Self-initiated expatriate academics: Personal characteristics and work outcomes

TY - CHAP

T1 - Self-initiated expatriate academics

T2 - Personal characteristics and work outcomes

AU - Selmer, Jan

AU - Lauring, Jakob

N1 - Preprint af kapitel haves (print) AU Library, Fuglesangs Allé: Research AU 2013

PY - 2013

Y1 - 2013

N2 - In this chapter we examine self-initiated expatriate academics. Universities are to an increasing extent looking for talent beyond national boundaries. Accordingly, self-initiated expatriate academics represent a fast growing group of highly educated professionals who gain employment abroad. Nonetheless, little research has focused on this group. We investigate if personal characteristics such as age, gender, marital status and seniority affect work outcomes such as work adjustment, work performance, work effectiveness, job satisfaction and time to proficiency. This is done by using data which were collected from 428 self-initiated expatriate academics from 60 countries employed in 35 universities in five northern European countries. Results confirm that there are differences in terms of work outcomes among the different types of self-initiated expatriate academics, especially regarding the acquired personal characteristics, marital status and seniority. We discuss the implications of these findings in detail and draw the conclusions of this investigation.

AB - In this chapter we examine self-initiated expatriate academics. Universities are to an increasing extent looking for talent beyond national boundaries. Accordingly, self-initiated expatriate academics represent a fast growing group of highly educated professionals who gain employment abroad. Nonetheless, little research has focused on this group. We investigate if personal characteristics such as age, gender, marital status and seniority affect work outcomes such as work adjustment, work performance, work effectiveness, job satisfaction and time to proficiency. This is done by using data which were collected from 428 self-initiated expatriate academics from 60 countries employed in 35 universities in five northern European countries. Results confirm that there are differences in terms of work outcomes among the different types of self-initiated expatriate academics, especially regarding the acquired personal characteristics, marital status and seniority. We discuss the implications of these findings in detail and draw the conclusions of this investigation.

M3 - Book chapter

SN - 9780230392793

SN - 0-230-39279-2

SP - 181

EP - 201

BT - Talent Management of Self-Initiated Expatriates

A2 - Vaiman, Vlad

A2 - Haslberger, Arno

PB - Palgrave Macmillan

ER -