As one of the Covid related jokes go, Covid happened to teach us how to properly wash our hands and keep the distance. Indeed, one may hope that the useful health and hygiene routines are here to stay even as the pandemic subsides. Covid also taught us how to work remotely, and what we can […]
What Makes Repatriates More Likely to Transfer Knowledge upon Their Return?
In a recent post I wrote about the research my colleagues and I conducted on inpatriation and knowledge transfer. Based on the research data we concluded that inpatriates contribute considerably to knowledge transfer and subsidiary development, leading us to recommend multinational corporations (MNCs) to view inpatriation from a more strategic perspective. As a follow-up on […]
Growth Mindset in Global Work: The Impact of the Belief of Malleability
In my last blog post I discussed Dweck’s mindsets theory and its implications in organizational settings, namely in relation to employees’ interests and inter-disciplinary problem solving skills. Today I would like to follow-up on the topic by looking more specifically into mindsets theory in the context of global work and expatriation. Indeed, the possible impact of a growth […]
Expatriate Gig Workers: Opportunities and Considerations
The gig economy is on the rise – we can experience it while downloading yet another on-demand service app, meeting yet another freelancer, or seeing an increasing amount of temporary project-based job openings. The gig economy is also a highly discussed trend in different media outlets and industry reports. Some time ago I discussed the gig economy in […]
‘I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas… Just Like the Ones I Used to Know’
It is this time of winter holidays again – the time when everyone goes back home in one way or the other. I am sure this sounds very familiar to many expatriates, it sounds like an expat Christmas dream. Being an expat myself, I look forward to my home family visit for the holidays too. […]
Hardship Allowances in Expatriation: A Default Practice?
Be it for the purposes of business expatriation or self-initiated expatriation, when moving abroad one of the main factors that matters is the expat’s destination, namely the host location. According to the Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) 2014 Global Livability Rankings, the top ten choices for relocation would be (ordered from highest to lowest rank) Melbourne, […]