dc.contributor.author | McPhail, R | |
dc.contributor.editor | Yvonne McNulty, Jan Selmer | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-12T01:34:04Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-10-12T01:34:04Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
dc.identifier.isbn | 9781784718176 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.4337/9781784718183.00020 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/374446 | |
dc.description.abstract | Past research on expatriates has focused largely on traditional expatriation which generally
emphasizes heterosexual couples with a male expatriate and female trailing spouse,
or a dual-career couple and children (e.g., Harvey et al., 2009; Haslberger and Brewster,
2008). Despite there being little research on non-traditional expatriation (see McNulty
and Hutching’s 2016 review), including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)
expatriates, there has been an increased interest of late and the number of studies has
grown since 2012 (e.g., Gedro, 2010; McPhail et al., 2016). Gedro et al. (2013, p. 282)
define LGBT expatriates as constituting ‘a sexual minority . . . of people that cross international
borders for professional reasons’. It is understood that ‘expatriation is a key
element of multinational corporations’ (MNCs) strategies for maximizing and broadening
the use of global talent and increasing firm performance, levels of international
diversity and subsidiary labour productivity’ (McPhail et al., 2016, p. 382). What is less
clear is how organizations can meet the growing need for talent to expatriate. Haas et al.
(2007) propose that LGBT employees are often in more senior positions within management
in proportion to their heterosexual counterparts, which increases the likelihood
that they make up a significant number of the top 10 per cent of talent often targeted for
international assignments. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing | |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | |
dc.relation.ispartofbooktitle | Research Handbook of Expatriates | |
dc.relation.ispartofchapter | 10 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 202 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 217 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Sociology not elsewhere classified | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 441099 | |
dc.title | Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) expatriates | |
dc.type | Book chapter | |
dc.type.description | B1 - Chapters | |
dc.type.code | B - Book Chapters | |
gro.faculty | Griffith Business School, Dept of Employment Relations and Human Resources | |
gro.hasfulltext | No Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | McPhail, Ruth E. | |