Managing Expatriates : Success Factors in Private and Public Domains.

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Cover; Managing Expatriates. Success Factors in Private and Public Domains; Series Editors' Preface; Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; 1 Advancing Expatriate Research in Public and Private Sectors (Brenton M. Wiernik, Heiko Rüger, and Deniz S. Ones); 2 Expatriate Personality: Facet-level Comparisons with Domestic Counterparts (Jack W. Kostal, Brenton M. Wiernik, Anne-Grit Albrecht, and Deniz S. Ones); 3 Antecedents and Consequences of Mobility Self-Efficacy (Stine Waibel, Heiko Rüger, and Brenton M. Wiernik).

4 Tolerance of Ambiguity: Relations with ExpatriateAdjustment and Job Performance (Anne-Grit Albrecht, Deniz S. Ones, Stephan Dilchert, Jürgen Deller, and Frieder M. Paulus)5 Validity of Big Five Personality Traits for Expatriate Success: Results from Turkey (Deniz S. Ones, Handan Kepir Sinangil, and Brenton M. Wiernik); 6 Core Self-Evaluative Traits: Self-Efficacy, Locus of Control, Optimism and Diplomat Success (Herbert Fliege and Brenton M. Wiernik); 7 Integrity: Generalizing Findings from Domestic to Expatriate Contexts (Handan Kepir Sinangil, Deniz S. Ones, and Brenton M. Wiernik).

8 The Impact of Age and Experience on Expatriate Outcomes (Anne-Grit Albrecht, Brenton M. Wiernik, Jürgen Deller, Stephan Dilchert, Deniz S. Ones, and Frieder M. Paulus)9 Impacts of Age, Tenure, and Experience on Expatriate Adjustment and Job Satisfaction (Stine Waibel, Heiko Rüger, Brenton M. Wiernik, and Herbert Fliege); 10 Expatriate Leadership Experience: Host Country Burden or Resource? (Jack W. Kostal, Brenton M. Wiernik, and Deniz S. Ones).

11 Success among Self-Initiated versus Assigned Expatriates (Anne-Grit Albrecht, Stephan Dilchert, Deniz S. Ones, Jürgen Deller, and Frieder M. Paulus)12 Lingua Necessaria? Language Proficiency and Expatriate Success (Brenton M. Wiernik, Anne-Grit Albrecht, Stephan Dilchert, Jürgen Deller, Deniz S. Ones, and Frieder M. Paulus); 13 Expatriate Training: Intercontextual Analyses from the iGOES Project (Jack W. Kostal, Anne-Grit Albrecht, Stephan Dilchert, Jürgen Deller, Deniz S. Ones, and Frieder M. Paulus).

14 Organizational and Social Support Among Foreign Service Diplomats (Maria M. Bellinger, Brenton M. Wiernik, and Herbert Fliege)15 A Family Affair: Spouse and Children's Role in Expatriate Adjustment and Job Performance (Deniz S. Ones, Hannah J. Foldes, and Handan Kepir Sinangil); 16 Influence of Family Presence on Expatriate Outcomes (Brittany K. Mercado, Anne-Grit Albrecht, Frieder M. Paulus, Stephan Dilchert, Deniz S. Ones, and Jürgen Deller).

17 Gender Differences in Job Performance and Adjustment: Do Women Expatriates Measure Up? (Hannah J. Foldes, Deniz S. Ones, and Handan Kepir Sinangil).

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Annotation This volume provides in-depth examinations of a variety of individual, social, and environmental factors that contribute to the success of expatriate employees. Using data from numerous large-scale studies from both the public and private sectors, this volume provides valuable insights into expatriate success with implications for both theoretical understanding and practical management.

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