Onillon Caldwell, Hyacinthe
(2023)
International career paths: Enriching our understanding of expatriate adjustment.
PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.
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Abstract
Overall, this thesis is concerned with what happens when people chose to live and work abroad, by offering methodological, theoretical, and conceptual frameworks for expatriation and repatriation adjustment research. By adopting the view of expatriation as a radical learning experience, the thesis brings out the insights generated by the adoption of a time and context-sensitive approach for international adjustment (how experiences of adjustment and their outcomes vary across people), research methods (what can be gained from longitudinal, qualitative data collection), and (I)HRM (how self-expatriates are an under-tapped talent pool that could answer some of the current challenges in global talent management). The thesis draws on empirical material collected through in-depth, qualitative interviews with eighteen self-expatriates and four company-assigned expatriates. All interviewees had in common having worked or are currently working in Shanghai, China, and were interviewed three to four times across a period of twenty months (July 2019 – March 2021). Through the analysis of their career narratives, this thesis offers several practical and theoretical contributions.
| Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Management |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Aug 2023 14:38 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Aug 2023 14:38 |
| DOI: | 10.17638/03171025 |
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| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3171025 |
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