TY - JOUR
T1 - Attracting SIEs
T2 - Influence of SIE motivation on their location and employer decisions
AU - Ceric, Arnela
AU - Crawford, Heather J.
N1 - Includes bibliographical references.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Self-initiated expatriates (SIEs) are skilled and mobile individuals, who present a large but untapped pool of skilled international workforce. There is still not enough research on understanding how SIEs choose a location or an employer. The focus of this paper is to explore individual, organisational and macro-level factors that impact on SIE choice of employer and location. We suggest the use of location branding by city authorities and employer-of-choice strategy by organisations as strategic approaches in attracting and retaining SIEs. We propose expanding the HRM domain to include collaboration between employers and local authorities as a new strategy in attracting SIEs.
AB - Self-initiated expatriates (SIEs) are skilled and mobile individuals, who present a large but untapped pool of skilled international workforce. There is still not enough research on understanding how SIEs choose a location or an employer. The focus of this paper is to explore individual, organisational and macro-level factors that impact on SIE choice of employer and location. We suggest the use of location branding by city authorities and employer-of-choice strategy by organisations as strategic approaches in attracting and retaining SIEs. We propose expanding the HRM domain to include collaboration between employers and local authorities as a new strategy in attracting SIEs.
KW - Employer-of-choice strategy
KW - Location branding
KW - Psychological distance
KW - Self-initiated expatriate (SIE)Motivation to expatriate
U2 - 10.1016/j.hrmr.2015.10.001
DO - 10.1016/j.hrmr.2015.10.001
M3 - Article
SN - 1053-4822
VL - 26
SP - 136
EP - 148
JO - Human Resource Management Review
JF - Human Resource Management Review
IS - 2
ER -