Leadership and People Management
Selected Publications: Why Do International Assignees Stay?
Reiche, B. Sebastian; Kraimer, Maria L.; Harzing, Anne-Wil, "Why Do International Assignees Stay?: An Organizational Embeddedness Perspective", Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 42, No. 4, 2011, pp 521 - 544 We apply an organizational embeddedness perspective to examine international assignees' retention with the organization. Specifically, we hypothesize that assignees' social ties within and their…
Leadership and People Management
Expat Work and Life Domains: Conflicting, Balancing, or Enriching?
Work is one of the central tenets in human life. We ask our kids what do they want to do when they grow up; we start conversations by inquiring about each other’s jobs; we study extensively in order to secure future employment; we belong, as adults, to a well-defined working age population; we differentiate between…
Leadership and People Management
Job creation: an engaging business purpose
In my interviews with managers from sub-Saharan African countries, I was surprised that – without my bringing up the topic – a large majority of them made a comment of this sort: "You know, what drives this company is job creation… Of course, we want to make money, and we do make money, but what…