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  • Psychological contracts: enhancing understanding of the expatriation experience

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    O'Donohue, Wayne
    Hutchings, Kate
    Hansen, Samantha D
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    O'Donohue, Wayne A.
    Hutchings, Kate
    Year published
    2018
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    Abstract
    In this introduction, we undertake a critical review of the state of research examining psychological contracts (PCs) as they pertain to the experience of expatriation and expatriates. Though expatriation as an activity has diversified greatly in recent decades – with the growth of self-initiated expatriation, more short-term, flexible and commuter assignments and a broadening of the expatriate profile with a wider range of people choosing to expatriate – there has been limited research published thus far examining expatriates’ perceptions of their PC and how it is affected by working inter-culturally. This introduction ...
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    In this introduction, we undertake a critical review of the state of research examining psychological contracts (PCs) as they pertain to the experience of expatriation and expatriates. Though expatriation as an activity has diversified greatly in recent decades – with the growth of self-initiated expatriation, more short-term, flexible and commuter assignments and a broadening of the expatriate profile with a wider range of people choosing to expatriate – there has been limited research published thus far examining expatriates’ perceptions of their PC and how it is affected by working inter-culturally. This introduction briefly traces the history of PC research and expatriates/expatriation and the employment relationship, and then considers the extant research specifically examining PCs in relation to expatriates/expatriation. The articles included in the special issue address a range of areas identified in the call for papers and provide valuable insights into expatriation and expatriates’ experience including: expatriate PC breach; expatriate PC fulfilment; pre- and post-assignment PC as perceived by repatriates; PC of flexpatriates; and, episodic formation of expatriate PCs. Given the relatively underexplored area of expatriate/expatriation-related PC research, the special issue establishes a platform for undertaking future research in this field.
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    Journal Title
    The International Journal of Human Resource Management
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2017.1278828
    Copyright Statement
    © 2017 Taylor & Francis (Routledge). This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in The International Journal of Human Resource Management on 29 Apr 2017, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/09585192.2017.1278828
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    This publication has been entered into Griffith Research Online as an Advanced Online Version.
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    Business and Management not elsewhere classified
    Business and Management
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    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/345168
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