Overview
- Introduces a multilevel approach to studying international assignments and their management
- Maps some of the key challenges related to international assignment implementation and management in emerging markets
- Examines the power of soft approaches, such as the use of narratives and discourses
Part of the book series: Contributions to Management Science (MANAGEMENT SC.)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Part II
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Front Matter
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Part IV
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Front Matter
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Keywords
About this book
The book discusses international assignment-related decision-making by emerging market firms and their employees. It reveals that the ongoing, reciprocal interactions between the organisational and individual discourses, structures, processes, and the wider macro context spark multilevel role transitions and identity work. The book uncovers the macro-, meso-, and micro-level factors of role transitions and identity work, as well as their outcomes for international staffing. It also expands on the role (transition), social categorisation, and social identity theories by applying them to international staffing. Finally, it presents practical insights for international human resources managers by presenting several 'soft' approaches to managing international employee mobility, such as employer branding, prioritisation of favourable discourses and identities, and encouraging role hybridisation.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Iris Koleša, PhD, is a researcher at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. She specialises in business internationalisation, international employee mobility, and interorganisational networking. She is a recipient of several awards for her academic work and an active communicator of research to both the academic community and practitioners in business and policy.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Becoming an International Manager
Book Subtitle: Identity Work by Managerial International Assignees from Emerging Markets
Authors: Iris Koleša
Series Title: Contributions to Management Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87395-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-87394-3Published: 02 December 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-87397-4Published: 03 December 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-87395-0Published: 01 January 2022
Series ISSN: 1431-1941
Series E-ISSN: 2197-716X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 324
Topics: Human Resource Management, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, International Business