Global employees ... global families / guest editors, Professor Margaret Shaffer and Dr. Mina Westman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shaffer, Margaret, editor.

Ṿesṭman, Minah, editor.

Series:

Journal of Global Mobility: The Home of Expatriate Management Research: Volume 3, Issue 2

Journal of Global Mobility: The Home of Expatriate Management Research, 2049-8799 ; Volume 3, Issue 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International business enterprises--Personnel management.

International business enterprises.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (113 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Bradford, England] : Emerald, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The purpose of this ebook on global employee families is to expand the conceptual and methodological boundaries of research in this area to enhance our understanding of the family experiences of the growing diverse portfolio of global employees. The chapters in this ebook are conceptually and methodologically diverse. Grounded in a variety of theoretical frameworks, such as Hobfoll's Conservation of Resources theory (COR), embeddedness, and relational demography, the research focuses on different outcomes, including adjustment, work-family conflict, and negative consequences such as divorce. M

Contents:

Cover; Editorial advisory board; Guest editorial; Till stress do us part: the causes and consequences of expatriate divorce; "Keeping the family side ticking along"; Work-family conflict faced by international business travelers; Burden or support? The influence of partner nationality on expatriate cross-cultural adjustment; International adjustment of female vs male business expatriates. A replication study in Switzerland

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover (ebrary, viewed July 25, 2015).

ISBN:

1-78560-419-8

OCLC:

921279085