NO PLACE LIKE HOME? AN IDENTITY STRAIN PERSPECTIVE ON REPATRIATE TURNOVER

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Kraimer, Maria L.; Shaffer, Margaret A.; Harrison, David A.; Ren, Hong
• 署名单位: University of Iowa; University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Milwaukee; University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/amj.2009.0644
• 发表日期: 2012
• 页码: 399-420
• 关键词: INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS; ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTIFICATION; CAREER ADVANCEMENT; job-satisfaction; EXPATRIATE; work; self; support; Embeddedness; antecedents

摘要

We draw on identity theory to explain why employees returning from international assignments may leave their organizations. We tested our predictions over a 12-month period with a sample of 112 repatriated employees from a broad cross-section of firms. Prior job embeddedness during expatriation positively relates to the strength of an individual's identity as an international employee in repatriation. This creates identity strain when a repatriate perceives job deprivation relative to noninternational peers. Identity strain, in turn, promotes turnover. We discuss how this perspective contributes to theory on international role transitions, job embeddedness, and turnover mechanisms in general.