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- Title
Career anchors: A comparison between organization-assigned and self-initiated expatriates.
- Authors
Cerdin, Jean-Luc; Pargneux, Marie Le
- Abstract
In the present study, based on the theory of fit, we have tested hypotheses on a sample of 303 French expatriates, comparing career anchors between assigned and self-initiated expatriates. We found that lifestyle and internationalism are both very important anchors for assigned as well as self-initiated expatriates, although most anchors differ among these groups. Furthermore, we have introduced a measure of the internationalism career anchor that presents promising psychometric characteristics. Our results provide important theoretical and practical implications. In particular, they show that both assigned expatriates and self-initiated expatriates can be engaged in a boundaryless career. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
- Subjects
FOREIGN workers; FRENCH people in foreign countries; VOCATIONAL guidance; LIFESTYLES; INTERNATIONALISM; PSYCHOMETRICS; CAREER development; OCCUPATIONAL sociology; MOTIVATION (Psychology); PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Thunderbird International Business Review, 2010, Vol 52, Issue 4, p287
- ISSN
1096-4762
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/tie.20350